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babylonsister

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Sat Nov 21, 2020, 09:23 PM Nov 2020

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A bipartisan group of Georgia teens is trying to flip the Senate by enlisting thousands of students to vote in the January runoffs
Kelsey Vlamis
10 hours ago


A bipartisan group of Georgia teens, StudentsFor2020, wants to help flip the Senate by enlisting thousands of students to vote in the January runoffs.

About 23,000 Georgia teens who were not eligible to vote in the general election on November 3 will turn 18 and become eligible in time to participate in the runoff elections on January 5, according to The Civics Center.

StudentsFor2020, which estimates they helped 65,000 students register for the general election, is mobilizing hundreds of volunteers in high schools across the state to register new voters, and to try to sway existing moderate voters.



A bipartisan group of Georgia teens is trying to flip the Senate by enlisting thousands of students to vote in the January runoffs.

The political organization, StudentsFor2020, was founded by four high school students, two Trump supporters and two Biden supporters, with the goal of registering young voters across the US in the places where their votes would matter most in the general election. They estimate they helped 65,000 students register to vote.

Now they're focusing their efforts on flipping the Senate by registering thousands of newly eligible voters and mobilizing hundreds of teen volunteers to have real conversations with high school students across the state.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/georgia-senate-runoff-young-voters-movement-flip-the-senate-2020-11
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Sent $50 bucks to FairFight today and a some to Ossof and Warnock KewlKat Nov 2020 #1
I also donated there. ananda Nov 2020 #21
They should contact David Hogg. iemitsu Nov 2020 #2
This!👆 SheltieLover Nov 2020 #4
This is the sort of thing that gives me hope. TreasonousBastard Nov 2020 #3
Me too. GA has to pull this off one more time, hopefully for both candidates. 🤞 crickets Nov 2020 #5
Me too!! ailsagirl Nov 2020 #16
This will bdamomma Nov 2020 #6
Well at least the GA Secretary of State mountain grammy Nov 2020 #7
Thank you Georgia young folks! Bravo. iluvtennis Nov 2020 #8
Bless the teens! birdographer Nov 2020 #9
Isn't this what Obama has been encouraged by? SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2020 #10
But young people don't vote, NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2020 #11
Traditionally they have the lowest turnout Major Nikon Nov 2020 #12
Post removed Post removed Nov 2020 #17
The facts are the facts. SlogginThroughIt Nov 2020 #22
65,000 new voters and it hasn't been a month since the election!!! Hip2bSquare Nov 2020 #13
I could understand nonpartisan, Susan Calvin Nov 2020 #14
Someone like this little creature DonaldsRump Nov 2020 #19
Oh Lord I forgot about that jerk. Susan Calvin Nov 2020 #20
I used to coach high school sports Poiuyt Nov 2020 #25
Yeah but overall Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #27
Herd mentality. Susan Calvin Nov 2020 #28
They can certainly talk, in their own inimitable way, to Mom and Dad and the rest of the family, too NBachers Nov 2020 #15
Flip it blue! ... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #18
That's a breath of fresh air. Go Georgia teens Hotler Nov 2020 #23
We need everyone to do that so we can take the Senate! If we don't get the napi21 Nov 2020 #24
How can a bipartisan group want to flip the Senate? Poiuyt Nov 2020 #26
knr triron Nov 2020 #29
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