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Oakland youth leaders present evaluation of Measure QQ, urge OUSD to adopt voter-education and preregistration practices
Summary
Oakland Youth Vote Coalition students summarized an evaluation of first-year Measure QQ implementation and urged the Oakland Unified School District to adopt civic-education curricula, an opt-out preregistration system with in-class paper forms and stronger outreach with election officials.
Members of the Oakland Youth Vote Coalition presented an evaluation of the city’s youth-vote effort to the Youth Commission and offered three core recommendations for school and district leaders: adopt a civic-engagement curriculum in high school social-studies classes, institute an opt-out preregistration system with in-class paper forms and volunteer support, and strengthen partnerships with election officials to provide drop boxes and use high schools as voting centers.
"We're here to give you a brief overview of the report and share some of our key takeaways and recommendations from the first year," said Anara, one of the youth…
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