Voter registration deadlines hit, focus shifts to actually getting people to vote
Source: USA Today
Published 5:11 a.m. ET Oct. 13, 2024 | Updated 5:11 a.m. ET Oct. 13, 2024
The deadline to register to vote in 2024 has already passed in more than a dozen states, and time is running out in many more places through October. Millions of Americans have enrolled to cast a ballot this year, with unprecedented recent spikes in new voters posing to shake up a heated race for the White House.
With Election Day just weeks away, campaigns and nonpartisan organizations are turning their attention to another priority: making sure voters actually show up. Turnout will be a major factor in a presidential election where the candidates are neck-and-neck, with neither holding more than a razor-thin lead in multiple polls.
Democrats, Republicans, and civic-minded groups are taking different approaches to reaching voters and encouraging their participation this November. Former first lady Michelle Obama launched her nonpartisan initiative When We All Vote, in 2018, aimed at increasing voter participation. The group’s co-chairs include other powerhouse names such as Tom Hanks, Steph Curry and Megan Rapinoe.
Their focus is on educating voters about decisions up and down the ballot and encouraging a diverse group of Americans to participate this year. “We’re not telling you who to vote for, we’re just asking you to vote,” said Beth Lynk, executive director.
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