Teenagers Urge Adults To Vote
Remember all that talk about how young people are turned off by the voting process? Well, check out this heart-warming (and possibly result-changing) story in the Sacramento Bee written by Jocelyn Wiener, a wonderful reporter who continues to unearth important stories in South Sacramento and beyond:
A force of more than 100 teenagers knocked on the doors of grown-ups across Sacramento on Saturday, each delivering the same message: Vote.The effort, which will be repeated again next Saturday, has twin agendas. In conjunction with Sacramento Area Congregations Together, the young people are trying to increase voter turnout in low-income neighborhoods where a small percentage of registered voters cast ballots in the last election.
