Nov 23, 2022
Young voters upended 2022 midterm predictions by turning out in historic numbers, and providing the margin of victory in several key races while shutting down the immediate threat of election deniers. Showing up with potent force, voters 18-29 sent a message loud and...
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Sep 22, 2022
Mũthoni Wambu Kraal issued the following statement on joining Rock the Vote’s Board of Directors: “I was in Georgia in 2018 when I talked to an excited, young waitress at the Waffle House who had just turned 18 and was going to vote that day. I was so...
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Sep 16, 2022
Jessica Reeves issued the following statement regarding why she joined Rock the Vote’s Board of Directors: “Growing up on the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, TX, I saw firsthand the stark contrast of opportunities and privileges we have as Americans in this...
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Jan 7, 2021
Rock the Vote issued the following statement by its president and executive director, Carolyn DeWitt, responding to the January 6th attack on the United States of America and how we, as a nation, move forward: “Terrorists attacked the United States. These...
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Nov 8, 2018
We are so proud of young voters who showed up increasing the youth turnout by roughly 50% over 2014 and proved that we are not to be f’ed with. Early estimates are signaling this could be the highest turnout for 18-29 year-olds since 18 year-olds were granted the...
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Jun 11, 2018
Rock the Vote, a national nonpartisan organization dedicated to building the political power of young people that played a critical role in the passage of the National Voter Registration Act in 1993, issued the following statement on Monday’s United States Supreme...
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Mar 28, 2018
Rock the Vote, the national nonpartisan organization dedicated to building the political power of young people raised concerns about the addition of a citizenship question to the upcoming U.S. Census. “At the very last-minute, the U.S. Department of Commerce and...
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Jan 8, 2018
Rock the Vote, the national nonpartisan organization dedicated to building the political power of young people, announced that civil rights activist and Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay McKesson and Silicon Valley technology entrepreneur Russell Glass have joined...
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Jan 5, 2018
After months of silence from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, President Trump has disbanded the group and declared that the investigation will move to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “This is a victory for Americans who...
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May 11, 2017
In response to The President’s executive order creating a commission to investigate our electoral process, Rock the Vote President Carolyn DeWitt issued the following statement:“Today Donald Trump has taken the first step toward what so many of us have...
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