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The Voting Power Of Generation Z (UTSA Libraries Pizza+Research series virtual event)
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Resources On Voting Information, Rights, and Getting Involved
- UTSA student video on votingA video that Ms. Camargo helped create!
- The Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP)**This is the organization Mr. Garza works with.
They are the oldest Latino voter registration non-profit, empowering Latinos throughout the United States to mobilize voters. SVREP has registered 2.7 million Latinos, trained 150,000 Latino leaders, and won 210 voting rights lawsuits. - BEXAR COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENTThe Bexar County Elections Department is responsible for voter registration activities and election operations throughout Bexar County. This includes 712 voting precincts, 53 political subdivisions, 20 Independent School Districts, 29 Cities, 3 Military Installations (including Lackland AFB, Fort Sam Houston, and Randolph Air Force Base), and over 1,143,340 registered voters.
- VoteTexas.govThe one-stop resource for voter information. What do you want to know about voting?
Powered by the Texas Secretary of State. - LWV Of San Antonio Area"The League of Women Voters of the United States encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy."
- MOVE Texas**This is the organization Ms. Camargo works with.
"MOVE is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, grassroots organization building power in underrepresented youth communities through civic education, leadership development, and issue advocacy." - Texas RisingTexas Rising – a project of the Texas Freedom Network – is building the power of young people in our communities and at the ballot box. The program organizes and builds power with young people of color in a multi-issue, intersectional social justice framework.
- ACLU: Know Your Rights (Voting Rights)Learn more about how to exercise your voting rights, resist voter intimidation efforts, and access disability-related accommodations and language assistance at the polls. For help at the polls, call the non-partisan Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
- ACLU Texas: Let Texans VoteLet Texans Vote is a one-stop resource for election information. It was created to help Texans: (1) understand how to make the process of voting safer in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) learn more about the work being done to expand and protect the right to vote, and (3) understand the basic process for making sure your vote gets counted.
Further Reading/Research
- Brennan Center For Justice: "If Section 5 Falls: New Voting Implications""For nearly five decades, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (“VRA”) has been one of the nation’s most effective tools to eradicate racial discrimination in voting..."
- Brennan Center For Justice: "Shelby County v. Holder"Court Case Tracker: "The Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965 to ensure state and local governments do not pass laws or policies that deny American citizens the equal right to vote based on race. On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court swept away a key provision of this landmark civil rights law in Shelby County v. Holder."
- Brennan Center For Justice: "Election 2012: Voting Laws Roundup""In the past two years, states across the country passed a wave of laws that could make it harder to vote. But then voting rights advocates fought back. This comprehensive roundup shows where laws were introduced, where they passed, where they were blocked or blunted, and where they are in effect for the 2012 election."
- Aspen Ideas Festival: "Not Your Parents' Party: How Gens X, Y, and Z Will Shake Up Our Politics""Whether it's their views on immigration, gun laws, or climate change, young people today are changing the face of politics. Are millennials and post-millennials becoming more progressive, or will they "grow into" conservative views? How might they change the Democratic 2020 primary? And how has their support for Trump changed since 2016? Kristen Soltis Anderson, Republican pollster and co-founder of Echelon Insights, debates Margie Omero, Democratic pollster and principal at GBAO. They speak with Mike Allen, co-founder and executive editor of Axios, about what today’s political leaders must learn from young people."
- National Park Service: CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA: RACIAL VOTING RIGHTSA National Historic Landmarks Theme Study