Looking to find a fountain of youth in the voting booth
Friday, July 9, 2004 at 03:26PM
TheSpook
Getting young people, particularly African-Americans, registered to
vote in time for the Nov. 2 presidential election is blossoming into a
cottage industry featuring popular-culture leaders.Nationally, in 2000,
42 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds actually turned out to vote, while 70
percent of citizens 25 and older did so, according to the Center for
Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. [more]
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