Youth Voting

Secretary of State Ed Murray says 34.8 percent of Wyoming youth voted in the 2016 presidential election, three times the amount that voted in 2014.

February is National Young Voter Month, an effort by the League of Women Voters to get young people interested and involved in politics. Marguerite Herman with the League's Wyoming Chapter says voter turnout among 18 to 24 year old Wyomingites is abysmally low...

Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray is working on an initiative to get more young people to the polls. Murray says a large percentage of young Wyomingites are not casting their ballots. "Only 10% of Wyoming’s youth, aged 18-24, voted in the last election, so we are finally going to tackle this issue...

Election officials are hoping this year's presidential election draws more youth to the polls. Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray says a large percentage of young millennials are not casting their ballots. "Our youth, those which we've identified between the ages of 18 and 24, are not voting," said Murray...