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Voter Turnout

According to a new turnout report from CIRCLE, more than 6.5 million young people under the age of 30 participated in the 2008 primaries and caucuses, representing 17% of the 2008 primary electorate (up from 9% in 2000). View CIRCLE's fact sheet.
On July 14, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced that for the first time ever, over half of California voters who voted in the recent primary cast their votes by mail (58.7%). Read the press release.
Read The Sentencing Project's executive summary of "Relief from the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction," a new comprehensive survey from Margaret Colgate Love on felon disenfranchisement laws and practices in all 50 states.

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Seeking to alleviate a top concern for overseas absentee voters, FedEx will team up with the Overseas Vote Foundation and ship ballots for free or at heavy discounts this fall, the company announced this week. Read more.

The Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office is pushing statewide public service announcements this week as Louisiana’s annual Voter Registration and Voter Education week got under way on July 14th. Read more.

New from NVEN: Check out NonprofitVOTE's Toolkits page for brand-new "Register to Vote Here" posters and the just-released "Nonprofit Voter Participation Checklist!"

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America Goes to the Polls 2008, a brand-new comprehensive report from the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network, compiles state-by-state data on this year's voter turnout phenomenon, examining participation in the 2008 presidential primaries and caucuses and charting its unprecedented increase since 2004 and 2000.

“Swing Vote”, a new movie from Disney opening starring Kevin Costner, is about an extraordinarily close presidential election - so close, the vote of one man will determine who wins the presidency. Visit the "Swing Vote" website.

A new report from the Election Assistance Commission looks at the HAVA-mandated ID requirements for these first-time voters when they go to the polls. Read "Case Studies on the Impact of the Help America Vote Act's Identification Requirements for First-Time Voters" (PDF, May 2008).

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