We are the Voting Teens. We are two friends who live miles apart but share so much in common. We came together to create the Voting Teens when we realized that we could actually register to vote NOW– even before we officially turn 18, and we wanted to spread the word to our friends across the country.
Greenwich High School junior, Hudson Lowe, and Millie Pulliam, a junior at Hilton Head Preparatory School. Contributed photo
Our mission? To register at least one teen in each state across the US. We want teens to know – if they are turning 18 before election day November 5, 2024, they can actually register to vote right now.
To make it easy, we linked all of the state election registration information on our voting teens website. All you need to do is find your state and click the link. It’s super simple! We don’t care who you vote for in 2024, we just want you to register and hopefully vote.
When we started researching, we realized that less than half of young people in the US vote. We found this statistic to be shocking. The future is ours, and it’s important that we have a say in it. By promoting voter registration, we hope that we are removing some of the barriers to getting young people to the polls.
We decided to create an incentive where we reward teens who promote our site and register their friends. This can be found on our instagram page @voting_teens.
A bit about us. I am Hudson Lowe, a junior at Greenwich High School. I row crew for Greenwich Crew, and one of my missions will be to register everyone in the crew who is eligible to vote in 2024.
I am Millie Pulliam. I am a junior at Hilton Head Preparatory School in Hilton Head, SC. My personal goal is to get all eligible students at HHPS to register.
We are continuing to learn about the voting process and as we do, we will share what we learn on our website and on our instagram account. Together we are trying to create content that interests our friends and promotes our mission. If you know of an eligible teen, please pass our website to them.
We are looking to achieve our goal of teens in all states registered by the end of summer.