Heather Smith Quotations
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Ask Quotes
The 2004 elections proved that if you ask them, they will vote. Massive outreach efforts resulted in young voter turnout increasing 11 points over 2000 levels - the highest increase since 18-year-olds won the right to vote 35 years ago. Young Voter Strategies' competition will build on that momentum in 2006 and refine youth outreach methods.
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Build Quotes
This grant gives us the opportunity to build on the historic young voter turnout in the last presidential election by encouraging the development of effective, replicable strategies for increasing young voter participation while significantly boosting youth registration and turnout in the upcoming mid-term elections.