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Don’t Throw Your Vote Away

Two Seattle high-school students make the case for why young people should be engaged electorally.

The Nation

June 25, 2012

This video project by Seattle, Washington high-school students Ellie Neilson and Ani Schroeter offers a good history of youth voting, shows how and why the Republican right is aiming to limit youth turnout in November and makes the case for why young people should be engaged electorally.

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