Around the country Rock the Vote is having kick off meetings to start the summer events. North Carolina’s kick-off event is tonight at the Pour House on South Blount St. in Raleigh at 7:00. Anyone in Raleigh should attend because it’s going to be an amazing night of meeting activists, talking about plans and more. In Florida, State Coordinator Blaire Yancy has a nice quote in the Central Florida Future article about the Florida event which also breaks the myths about young voters.
Here’ s some of Blaire’s quotes from the story.
Rock the Vote’s Florida State Coordinator Blaire Yancy said some people don’t register to vote because they’re not in the habit of doing it, though they should be.“Voting is a wonderful right we have in this country, to participate in our democracy,” Yancy said. “One I hope all young people will be a part of it by filling out a simple form.”
Yancy also added that there’s a misconception that young people don’t vote.
The 2006 mid-term elections had over 2 million more young voters than the 2002 elections, and that figure has been steadily increasing.
The meeting and launch party is important for the upcoming elections since it will gather people from the community that share the same goal, Yancy said. They’ll be able to meet each other, form friendships and build volunteer teams.
Yancy said Florida was chosen as one of the five states for the kick-off events because it has many universities with young people that need to be registered.
She has already found UCF students to be “engaged and well-informed” on her recent visit to campus.
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