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YES ON QQ WON!
Thanks to the amazing leadership of students across Oakland, youth have won the right to vote in School Board elections!! Thank you to all of you who supported the young people’s movement to center youth power and strengthen democracy!
Measure QQ will:
- Strengthen democracy by enfranchising up to 8,000 (mostly low-income) youth voters every School Board election cycle!
- Create life-long, habitual voters.
- Boost voter turnout where we need it most (the majority of students in OUSD live in D5, 6 and 7).
- Improve Oakland schools so all students graduate!
Join the ACLU, League of Women Voters, OEA, Mayor Schaaf, CA Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond, Alameda Labor Council, Alameda County Democratic Party, and more in supporting YES on QQ!
UPDATES
In The News
“Keep the Promise to Hear and Value Youth Voice, Vote Yes on Measure QQ and Give Them the Vote”
Guest post by OUSD senior, Barrett Valentine via Great School Voices
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FOLLOW US!
The @OakYouthVote campaign, led by @OaklandKids1st, aims to give 16 & 17-year-olds the opportunity to vote in school board elections. @COOLHANDLUKE & Sonja Kaleva discuss how the campaign came to be & what lessons they learned.
@ForgeOrganizing article: http://bit.ly/3tneUDH
“We want to be at the table, not on the menu!” @OaklandKids1st's @COOLHANDLUKE & Sonja Kaleva tell the story of the @OakYouthVote campaign to give 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote in school board elections. https://forgeorganizing.org/article/oakland-students-turn-tables
@16andVOTE @makeit16nz @16ToVoteProject @votesat16 @Vote16USA @tds_voting16 @16Activate @Votesat1611 @Vote16Hawaii @OakYouthVote @16andvote In Wales this May, it will be the first time for our 16 year old to have their say. https://senedd.wales/visit/education-and-youth-engagement/vote-16/
FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT:
CA FPPC# 1428755
