Texas High-Schools Must Offer Voter Registration 2x A Year- Most Are In Violation
The inaugural ceremonies of the 47th President are on January 20th and our community’s attention continues to be centered on continuing to register young voters for future elections.
We, The People must develop specific strategies that will produce positive results that we can be proud of and thoroughly enjoy in elections to come.
Past behavior is often said to be the best predictor of future conduct. In both the 2020 general election the 2022 midterms and the 2024 general election young voters have been recognized as having been major contributors, in the outcomes.
There’s been much attention paid to our recent high school graduates, while those entering their final years haven’t drawn much attention. Now is always the perfect window of opportunity to increase voter registration, education and turnout, in every election to come as we have seen it is very crucial to the end result.
There are, indeed, many resources and information in circulation, to aid Texas high school campuses in implementation of a Texas law which requires all high schools, both public and private, to offer voter registration to eligible students twice a school year. Recent reports have shown that at its peak, only 36% of Texas schools were fulfilling this promise and requirement since becoming law 35 years ago.
According to Common Cause, “Texas students deserve full access to their fundamental right to vote and a guarantee from their schools and their lawmakers that their rights are promised and protected.“
My motto has always been twofold:
If You Want to Change Laws, Change Lawmakers.
If You Want To Change Policies, Change Policymakers.
