i supervise a number of hs seniors at my job

[fizzgig]

i periodically go around and check to see who's turned 18 recently. if they have, i ask if they've registered to vote and encourage them to do so, telling them where they can go if they haven't done so. they're mostly young women, a few of them who came to the US as children.

i'm not allowed to talk to them about politics, but i explain to them why it's important to vote. they're all preparing for college, many wanting to study nursing or teaching. i tell them that voting can affect the cost of college, the fields they want to go into, the taxes they pay. i feel i have a responsibility to do this and need to start expanding my efforts to the other young adults at work.

their voices need to, and deserve to be, heard. i just hope they listen to me.

[Sherman A1]

1. When they turned 18

I took my nieces to lunch and to register to vote. I know one is a liberal the other I believe to be conservative like her family, but they are at least registered.

[yeoman6987]

4. Great job!

The conservative one after a few lunches and your nice discussions might even change to at least leaning liberal. I know that sometimes kids have these outrageous thoughts about politics especially conservatives, but you seem to me a person who could gently guide towards liberal or at least have her think about things. Your a great relative for sure.

[Sherman A1]

7. I doubt that I will convert her

and really don't want to do so. I just want her to think on her own and make up her own mind, which hopefully I was able to get across to her. Beyond that it is her life to live and not anyone else's to do so.

[fizzgig]

8. that's a great thing to do

registering to vote was one of the first things i did when i was 18.

the league of women voters goes to the high schools to register those who are old enough and that's how some of them got on the rolls.

[johnstyle]

2. Fizzgig

It is nice and good to see it here.

[fizzgig]

9. welcome to du!

[Sancho]

3. Some of us worked hard to get the voting age to 18!

One of my first involvements in politics...

[fizzgig]

10. and i thank you for that

the voting age is something i take for granted. thank you for the reminder it was not always this way.

[pipoman]

5. Proselytizing at work about anything could be viewed as

A lowering of productivity.

[fizzgig]

11. my boss fully supports it

as long as i don't talk politics. he's just as liberal as i am.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Good for you!

Young people are the future and they need to get involved early these days, or the system will overwhelm them before they get the chance to.

[fizzgig]

12. that is very true

i'm just trying to do my little part.