Introducing Future Voter Scorecards: OC Edition
The Civics Center is introducing Future Voter Scorecards, which measure the percentage of registered voters among new 18-year-olds by school district. We are starting in Orange County, California, where approximately 35,000 young people will have turned 18 between last November’s election day and September 14 of this year, the final date to vote in California’s gubernatorial recall election.
Democracy Under Delta: A Summer of Voter Preregistration in California
Reports over the past year and a half have revealed the large toll the pandemic has had on voter preregistration in California. As of March 2021, only 11% of 16- and 17-year-olds were preregistered to vote in California, and only 10% in LA County. However, the numbers have been climbing since then, with a statewide increase of more than 1.32 percentage points.