After elections, how can students continue to stay civically engaged?
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers youth voting and ways students can stay involved in civic life after the 2018 midterm elections.
- The News-Letter reported that about 113 million people voted in the 2018 midterms, the first midterm with more than 100 million votes counted.
- The paper reported that roughly 31 percent of people ages 18–29 voted in 2018, up from about 21 percent in 2014.
- The article says that, with help from the Student Government Association and the Center for Social Concern, Hopkins partnered with TurboVote and offered voter-registration support, absentee-ballot resources and free rides to polling places.
- The editorial board argues that the University should add a mandatory U.S. politics course during orientation and urges students to read the news, volunteer, canvass, join marches and contact representatives.