OUR GENERATION IS FACING A

DEMOCRATIC CRISIS

With the 2024 general election around the corner, our generation is facing an increasing amount of efforts from state legislatures to strip young people of our freedoms and threaten our future of a just democracy for all. All eyes will be on the youth vote this year, with over 40 million potential Gen Z Voters - including 8 million young people who turned 18 since the 2022 midterm elections. Combined, millennial and Gen Z voters can save our democracy from the hands of insurrectionists and election deniers running for office, from the presidency, Congress, Secretaries of State and other critical election administration positions. At the same time, millions of voters in 27 states will be voting in elections with new voter restrictions in place since the 2020 presidential election and will potentially face strained election systems and voter intimidation from extremists.

Guided by our movement principles, Generation Vote can play a central role in mobilizing young people across the country to rise up like a phoenix and save our democracy in this historic election year. We can be most effective by focusing on what we do best, serving as a national movement home for young people to be trained and developed as leaders fighting for a just democracy for all in their communities through direct actions and legislative campaigns, advance innovative solutions to expand youth voting rights and civic engagement, and build coalitions. There is a hunger in the democracy ecosystem to engage the youth movement and reimagine what is possible for our generation to fight for electoral justice. Within the youth movement, there is a need for Generation Vote to make the case that if we don’t address our nation’s democratic crisis - there will be no transformative progress on any other issues that our generation cares about.