As of October 14, just one week before the October 21 registration deadline, only 54.6% of 18-year-olds are registered to vote in Pennsylvania. There are still 71,000 unregistered 18-year-olds across PA, a state where the margin of victory in the 2020 presidential election was just 81,660.

With rates of preregistration among 16- and 17-year-olds abysmally low, Governor Newsom thinks it isn’t a problem in need of solving.

Fewer than half of the 18-year-olds in New York State are registered to vote. That’s about 121,000 unregistered 18-year-olds. The deadline to register is October 26. That’s only 11 days away, and that’s the day voter registration applications must be received by elections officials, not merely mailed.

The registration rate for 18-year-olds in PA is still only 48.5% - a 2.6 percentage point increase since last week, but a deceleration from the 3 percentage point gain the previous week.

Real-life examples of students, educators, parents, and community volunteers who are helping to promote youth political participation and make voter registration part of high schools in their area.

As of October 1, 81% of 18-year-olds in Michigan are registered to vote. This is far and away the highest rate among states we’re tracking this election cycle.

With less than three weeks remaining until the state’s October 21 deadline, most 18-year-olds in the state (more than 85,000) are not yet registered to vote.

Maine and Virginia have drastically different performance in their 18-year-old registration rates. In both states, the registration rates for the youngest voters pale in comparison to those of older voters.

Today we’re sharing data from Pennsylvania – yet another state where 18-year-old voter registration rates are under 45%, with just over 3 weeks left to register before the October 21 deadline for the general election in November.

Last week, we shared new data for New York showing that under 45% of 18-year-olds are registered to vote. Unfortunately, the story is the same in Arizona and Ohio, where the deadline to register to vote is October 7th – less than two weeks away.

This week - Sept. 23-27, is High School Voter Registration Week. The Civics Center created High School Voter Registration Week back in 2019, to serve as a tentpole event for high school community organizing and to draw attention to the enormous opportunities for welcoming young people into our democracy in high school. Here's what you can do to help.

As of September 9th, New York State registrations have not accelerated in recent weeks as they have in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Most 18-year-olds in New York, over 130,000 people, are not yet registered. 

This week, we’re highlighting two high-achieving states, Georgia and Michigan, which have some of the highest levels of 18-year-old voter registration among the states we are tracking this summer.

Our latest data from PA and OH support national headlines touting increases in youth voter registration following the changes in the Democratic presidential ticket. But more than 60% of 18-year-olds in both states remain unregistered.

This is the fourth of our 2024 Election Season weekly series of Future Voter Scorecards. Today, we are focusing on Massachusetts, New York, and California, three states that offer preregistration starting at age 16 and that have implemented the law with differing degrees of success.

In the six months between December 2023 and June 2024, registration rates for 18-year-olds in New Hampshire saw a tremendous improvement, especially considering this is a state where registration is particularly tricky for young people.

Since May 2024, 18-year-old registration rates in Michigan have increased over 10 percentage points, from 62.9% to 73.4%, rates that are more than double those of Arizona, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

With the school season starting across the country, we’re pleased today to be publishing a brand-new resource for high school educators looking for a way to engage their students in voter registration and civic engagement for this election and for years to come.

Between now and Election Day, we’ll be publishing on a weekly basis, every Tuesday. We’ll be giving regular updates on voter registration rates in states where young people are likely to have the greatest electoral significance.