What does it take to get young voters to the polls?

Historically a group with low election turnout numbers, about two-thirds of eligible voters aged 18-24 didn’t turn out for California's 2012 general election — adding up to an absence of nearly two million votes. But community advocates are hopeful as the November elections approach; they're gearing up for a new round of voter registration drives beginning on September 23rd, National Voter Registration Day. What are organizers up against? "I don't vote because I'm not informed enough to feel I'm making the right decision." Young people in Long Beach spoke their political (or anti-political) minds on Instagram, in a survey created by Voicewaves.voter youth

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