Shawn Healy
Buried beneath the lead: 2012 was marked by large decreases in youth voting rates for all race groups and Hispanics http://m.washingtonpost.com/politics/census-blacks-voted-at-higher-rates-than-whites-in-2012/2013/05/08/7d24bcaa-b800-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wpisrc=nl_fix …
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Below, burried beneath the lead is the news that the youth vote decreased in 2012, from its upswing in 2008. We have a change that in two ways next week.
First, Naperville Township Clerk, Carol Bertulis will be here to register senior to vote on Thursday, May 16 during lunch periods.
Students need two (2) forms of ID (one with address) to register. You may get five (5 pts) of extra credit for showing your political efficacy by registering. At the very least, you will be living up to your responsibility as a citizen.
The Associated Press reported last week that black voter turnout surpassed whites for the first time, based on an analysis by experts of earlier data.
Second, continue to lobby your state senators for passage up of the Suffrage @ 17 bill. 2nd reading of #HB226 occurred today in the IL Senate. Next step = 3rd reading and Senate floor vote next week!
In all, about 66.2 percent of eligible black voters cast ballots in 2012, up from 64.7 percent in 2008, according to census data. That compares with non-Hispanic white turnout of 64.1 percent, which fell from 66.1 percent four years earlier. As recently as 1996, blacks had turnout rates 8 percentage points lower than non-Hispanic whites.
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Voter turnout across all race and ethnic groups fell for a second consecutive presidential election, from 64 percent in 2004 to 62 percent in November, according to the census figures.
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