The Civics Center

We're so grateful for your work!

🙌🏽 4 million every year! That's 8 million new voters since 2024, but we still don't have enough in the way of a consistent, equitable on-ramp to democracy. High schools can play an important role in helping their students through the process to their seniors can use their voices in the midterms.

🤔 What's the voter registration gap?

First time voters turn out at high rates when they are registered. But under 30% are ready to use their voices in the midterms.

The good news?

🫵 YOU have the power to change that. Explore more data and activate your community: buff.ly/wQCFvSg

Attention high school civics teachers, here's a lesson to add, instead of subtract: High School Voter Registration.
What could be more patriotic than that?
Every American should have an equal opportunity to vote. And it starts with voter registration. Every year. Every school.

Close the Voter Registration Gap - The Civics Center High school students can lead drives to close the voter registration gap. Learn how preregistration empowers teens to become lifelong voters.

<30% of 18yos are registered for midterms vs. 75% of those age 45+.

🚨HS students! You have the power to close that gap. Pre-registration = do it early so you're ready to vote as soon as u turn 18.

🗳️We'll help u and your teachers learn the ropes! www.thecivicscenter.org/close-the-gap

Voting starts with registration. Teens have the power to close the gap. 4 million Americans turn 18 every year, but for decades only 30% of them have been registered to vote in midterms compared to more than 75% of people aged 45 and older. Explore the difference for you...

We'd love to see some extra attention paid to first-time voters, aka the 4 million 18-year-olds who are high school
Seniors. That's 8 million newly eligible since 2024, but systemic barriers to registration keep them from engaging at rates as high as older Americans. data.thecivicscenter.org

The program will run daily from Monday 4/6 - Friday 4/10 from 11-1pm. ⭐

If selected, students will be eligible for a $150 gift card for participation in this educational program. ️

Interested in applying? Apply here: forms.gle/rdSEdeJQNPHz...

Applications are due by March 22nd at 11:59 ET.

Hey New York City teens 👋

Need a way to spend your spring break? We got you! Apply our NYC Youth Voter Investigation Spring Break Program 🕵️‍♂️

YVI is a five-day virtual intensive that will empower high school students to explore factors that influence youth voter registration rates in their community

The Lawyers’ Committee strongly opposes the SAVE America Act.
This unnecessary bill would impose new proof-of-citizenship requirements and disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, disproportionately harming Black communities and other voters of color.

The President claims that cheating is rampant in our elections. This is manufactured hysteria meant to implement barriers to voting and shut American citizens out of elections.

#StateOfTheUnion

Coalition Letter Opposing H.R. 7296, The So-Called "SAVE America Act" Proof of citizenship are not necessary to secure American elections. Instead, they would do nothing more than exclude eligible voters

Three bills all contain an unnecessary and burdensome requirement making it harder and more expensive for citizens to register to vote: The SAVE America Act, Make Elections Great Again Act, and SAVE Act.

CREW and 130 orgs urge Congress to reject them.

New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.

Just like last year, the latest version of the SAVE Act would still block millions of American citizens from voting. #SOTU www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Louisiana’s Chief Election Official Confirms Lack of Widespread Noncitizen Voting An investigation of decades of state voting records found that voting by non-U.S. citizens is extremely rare.

Contrary to what POTUS says, the evidence is clear that only citizens vote in our elections, with vanishingly rare exceptions. There are multiple layers of safeguards to protect against fraudulent voting—and they work. This has been proved again and again.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Thank you for your important work!

That's great! We need parents and teachers aware of the rules and helping their future voters to understand their power in a democracy. Thank you for sharing!

Voting starts with registration. Teens have the power to close the gap. 4 million Americans turn 18 every year, but for decades only 30% of them have been registered to vote in midterms compared to more than 75% of people aged 45 and older. Explore the difference for you...

They will only be voting if they are registered, and only 30% of them are (compared to 75% of those age 45+). 4 million high schools seniors will soon graduate from high school, so now is the time to help empower them. We want them using their voices at the ballot box! data.thecivicscenter.org

We're in!

The SAVE Act would disenfranchise millions of Americans of all ages and races, but younger voters and voters of color would suffer disproportionately. Take action to stop this attack on voting: bit.ly/4tmVIor

Why America Needs the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Over the last decade, the Supreme Court has gutted the federal Voting Rights Act and drastically weakened its once-successful protections for voters of color. Now, with the reintroduction of the John…

Congress can honor John Lewis' legacy by passing the bill that bears his name. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act to ban racial discrimination at the ballot box.

Today marks the birthday of democracy champion and civil rights icon John Lewis. He spent his life making “good trouble,” fervently fighting for the freedom to vote.

Close the Voter Registration Gap - The Civics Center High school students can lead drives to close the voter registration gap. Learn how preregistration empowers teens to become lifelong voters.

It's also why we started The Civics Center! Our mission is to make voter education + registration part of every high school in America. We provide free, non-partisan guidance to HS students + teachers. 4 million 18yos will soon graduate. www.thecivicscenter.org/close-the-gap

Close the Voter Registration Gap - The Civics Center High school students can lead drives to close the voter registration gap. Learn how preregistration empowers teens to become lifelong voters.

✅ That's why we offer free training to high school students to learn how to run voter registration drives. Teens are in the best position to encourage their peers to use their voices at the 🗳️. <30% of 18yos are registered in midterm cycles vs. voters age 45+ www.thecivicscenter.org/close-the-gap

📣 We're excited to announce our partnership with CenterLink, a network of nearly 400 LGBTQ+ centers nationwide, to help young Americans get registered and ready to vote! 🗳️

🔗 Learn more about the partnership: buff.ly/sox2OOU

#VoterRegistration #Democracy #YouthVote

🎓 As graduation season approaches, now is a great time to start planning your voter registration drive.

Start a tradition. Leave a legacy at your school. Let your reps know that you and your friends intend to use your voices at the ballot box.

🔗 Free resources: buff.ly/xjIIeUx

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

Democracy’s better

When I’m voting with you 🗳️💕

Will you be my date to the polls?

#ValentinesDay #PowerCoupleGoals

High School Teachers! Do you want help your students become civically engaged?

Helping them run their own voter registration drive is a project-based learning opportunity that opens the door to conversations about power and democracy.

🔗: buff.ly/Lr9oEZt

#civiceducation #classroomresources

Excellent 🧵 here...

On Lincoln's birthday, it's useful to remember he believed the primary goal of the American experiment was to guarantee "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" and the best way to achieve that goal was through free and fair elections. It's basically the thesis of the Gettysburg Address. 1/2

School officials, voting rights groups push back after DHS visits Dayton high school • Ohio Capital Journal Investigators from the Department of Homeland Security showed up at a Dayton area career tech high school to investigate allegations of voter fraud.

Props to Dayton Public Schools Superintendent David Lawrence:

“We just want to make sure they’re involved in the democratic process...so this stays a democracy, and not a dictatorship. We’re committed to democracy.”

ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/10/s...

New SAVE Act bills seek to stop 20 million Americans from voting. Here’s what you can do about it.

Use this form to voice your opposition to the SAVE Act bills and to email your reps. secure.everyaction.com/uqZK2_raTk-q...