Politics & Government

Cap, Gown, Vote! Partners with Atlanta to Help Students Register

Let America Vote today announced a partnership with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to help high school students get registered to vote.

From Let America Vote: Let America Vote today announced a partnership with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to help high school students get registered to vote. Cap, Gown, Vote! (CGV) is a partnership between Let America Vote and participating mayors who coordinate with high schools in their cities to identify student ambassadors. Those students then use the CGV online tool to help their peers register to vote. “High schoolers today are driving some of the nation’s most important political conversations, and their voices deserve to be heard at the ballot box as soon as they’re eligible to vote,” Let America Vote President Jason Kander said. “We’re excited to team up with Mayor Bottoms and help high schoolers in Atlanta get involved in the civic process.” “Atlanta’s engagement with Cap, Gown, Vote! is a perfect fit for the cradle of the Civil Rights movement,” said Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

“Young Atlantans need to know the significance and responsibility that comes with calling this city home, as did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Congressman John Lewis. Countless activists marched, protested, and even shed their blood for the sanctity of the right to vote—the right to wield the most powerful tool in our democracy.

Our City is honored to join Let America Vote in this truly extraordinary initiative.” Below are the mayors signed onto CGV:

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· Mayor Randall Woodfin, Birmingham, AL

· Mayor Robert Garcia, Long Beach, CA

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· Mayor Libby Schaaf, Oakland, CA

· Mayor Michael Tubbs, Stockton, CA

· Mayor Muriel Bowser, Washington, DC

· Mayor Bob Buckhorn, Tampa, FL

· Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta, GA

· Mayor Pete Buttigieg, South Bend, IN

· Mayor Sly James, Kansas City, MO

· Mayor Lyda Krewson, St. Louis, MO

· Mayor Joyce Craig, Manchester, NH

· Mayor Jim Donchess, Nashua, NH

· Mayor Tim Keller, Albuquerque, NM

· Mayor Hillary Schieve, Reno, NV

· Mayor Nan Whaley, Dayton, OH

· Mayor Bill Peduto, Pittsburgh, PA

· Mayor Andy Berke, Chattanooga, TN

· Mayor David Briley, Nashville, TN

· Mayor Steve Adler, Austin, TX

· Mayor Sylvester Turner, Houston, TX

· Mayor Tom Barrett, Milwaukee, WI.

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