Care about the election? Looking for a way to impress colleges? Boost the youth vote!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>If the below idea of discouraging youth from voting makes you angry, use that as incentive to get involved in voter registration and making sure young voters cast their ballot. You can get involved in this by contacting the local office of the political party you support. You also could conduct a voter registration drive at your school, and even arrange to have some special reward for voting-eligible students who bring in proof that they voted (such as an "I voted" sticker).</p>

<p>Another idea would be to have representatives of the Dems and GOP to come in and talk to students about what the presidential candidates are saying about issues that mean the most to students One example would be what are the candidates' stands on education issues such as making college more afforable. </p>

<p>I've seen lots of students posting on CC about wanting to start clubs and wanting things to polish their resumes. Getting involved in politics during an election year is the kind of thing that impresses admissions officers. Except for the ultraconservative places like Bob Jones, adcoms won't care which party you support. What they would care about is what you accomplished.</p>

<p>From the Washington Times:</p>

<p>MINNEAPOLIS, MN | Virginia delegates here this morning heard perhaps one of the more unique and off beat strategies for propelling John McCain to the presidency.</p>

<p>Republicans can keep young voters who support Democratic nominee Barack Obama at home by giving their young relatives and friends gift cards to iTunes and Starbucks that are good only on Nov. 4, election day.</p>

<p>"That's the only way to keep them away from the polls," said Kellyanne Conway, president of The Polling Company, during a breakfast with the delegates at their hotel near the University of Minnesota.</p>

<p>Mrs. Conway told the delegates that Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, can only win if young voters stay home like they usually do in elections.
How</a> to keep the young from voting - Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News</p>

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<p>I can tell you this: I'm voting. I'm making sure my friends vote. I'll make sure my family votes too.</p>

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<p>(sigh) I WISH I could vote. 8 months, man; I was born 8 months too late. If my candidate doesn't win, I am taking it personally - I'm blaming all you people who are lucky enough to be 18 by election day and don't vote. That's right; I'm coming for you. </p>

<p>(j/k. Mostly.)</p>

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<p>^My boyfriend is like a few days too young to vote. He's mildly annoyed but he doesn't really follow politics so it's not that big of a deal to him.</p>

<p>As for me, I remember twelve years ago trying to figure out the earliest I could vote for president. Now that it's rolled around... I'm not actually going to do it. Go figure. (Of course, there were all kinds of things that sounded really exciting when I was a kid and now that I'm old enough they don't seem all that cool - driving, moving out, etc.)</p>

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<p>
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I can tell you this: I'm voting. I'm making sure my friends vote. I'll make sure my family votes too.

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And for who...might I ask?</p>

<p>But LOL at the thought of discouraging a voter with iTunes/Starbucks gift cards...I can't believe some people would actually fall for it.</p>

<p>But I'm telling my family to vote...</p>

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<p>My family always votes, but I'll be too young by a few months :[
BUT I started a voter registration thing at my school for the students :]</p>

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<p>I forget, how old do you have to be to vote?...</p>

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<p><em>Looks up voting age on Wikipedia</em> Oh. lol I can't vote until February 2010.</p>

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<p>im trying to form a club at our school promoting voter awareness of the issues. cool eh?</p>

<p>the only problem is i dont know how to get ppl to stay interested. without a visible goal and someone juicy they can put on their apps, i think members might quickly lose interest, especially after the election. help me out</p>