FACT SHEET CIRCLE - Voter Registration Among Young People

This rise in registration rates is promising for the youth vote since registering to vote is sometimes more difficult than the act of voting itself.3 Table 1 – Voter Registration Rates Among 18-29 year old Citizens, by type of Election Year Presidential Voter Registration Rates Midterm Voter Registration Rates Election Years Among 18-29 year old Election Years Among 18-29 year old Citizens Citizen. [...] The National Voter Registration Act (1993) and the Help America Vote Act (2002) are two examples of federal laws aimed at encouraging citizens to register to vote by streamlining the voter registration process. [...] However, contrary to conventional wisdom, young people were no more likely Figure 2: Voter turnout and Registration Rates than adults were to cite a lack of (Ages 18-29) in Presidential Elections, interest in the election as the main 1972-2004 reason they did not register to vote 100% in 2004 (38 percent and 39 percent, 86% 82% respectively). [...] 1972 1976 19V8o0ter1 T9u8rn4ou1t 9R8a8te (1C9it9iz2ens1)996 2000 2004 Voter Registration Rate Voter Turnout Rate (Registered Voters) Source: Author's tabulations from the Current Population Survey, November (Voting) Supplement, 1972-2004 3 The link between voter registration Figure 3: Voter turnout and Registration Rates (Ages 18-29) in Midterm Elections, 1974-2006 and voter turnout rates is not a. [...] Married young people surpassed single young people in registration rates in both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.