Article: New Voters Project studies youth turnout

Frank Vitale
University Wire
12-10-2007
(Massachusetts Daily Collegian) (U-WIRE) AMHERST, Mass. -- Many restrictive voting practices are depressing already-low youth voting numbers, according to a study released last Tuesday by the Student PIRG's New Voters Project.

The New Voters Project, a non-partisan program aimed at increasing student turnout at the polls, studied voting trends in Arizona and New Mexico, two states with exceptionally restrictive voting laws, and compiled a report titled "Restrictive Voter Registration Laws: Impacts and Short Term Mitigation Strategies."

New Mexico law requires third-party registration agents to swear an oath to obey all election laws to a local county ...

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