First, LINC’s team of trained deputy registrars helped adults young and old register to vote.
A special initiative collaborating with partner school districts registered seniors who had turned 18, and helped them secure required voter identification. See what they had to say.
Younger students in LINC’s Caring Communities programs all engaged in their own voting exercises, getting early lessons on democracy.
Then pledge cards shared with families and neighbors encouraged voters to make plans to vote, linking them to early voting options and Election Day poll sites.
And then, on the day itself, LINC teamed up with the Kansas City Public Schools, Ruskin and Center high schools to help newly registered high school seniors complete their civic duty and vote for the first time.
“When young people vote early, they tend to keep voting,” LINC President and CEO Janet Miles-Bartee said. “We want this to be the first of many elections for every one of these seniors.”
And we believe the dozens of new voters LINC and the schools brought to Election Day will be back for many elections to come.
