IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE PAUL PATE IS ENCOURAGING ALL IOWA HIGH SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN A STATEWIDE EFFORT TO REGISTER STUDENTS TO VOTE.
EACH SCHOOL THAT REGISTERS AT LEAST 90 PERCENT OF THEIR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS BY MARCH 22ND WILL RECEIVE THE 2023-2024 CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT AWARD, NAMED AFTER THE IOWAN WHO WAS A NATIONAL LEADER IN THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT.
SCHOOLS THAT REGISTER AT LEAST 50 PERCENT AND 70 PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE STATEWIDE RECOGNITION.
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STATE LAW ALLOWS 17-YEAR-OLDS TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN IOWA.
THEY CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS IF THEY WILL BE 18 YEARS OLD IN TIME FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.
OVER THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR, 19 SCHOOLS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR REGISTERING 90 PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS TO VOTE.
