Hello, this is Jenna. I'm on the beautiful campus of Florida Atlantic University

awaiting the procession for my graduation. This podcast was recorded at

104 p.m. on August 10th, 2023. Things may have changed by the time you hear it,

but I will officially have my Masters in Computer Engineering. All right,

here's the show, and go Owls.

Congratulations. Go Owls. Yeah, I get so excited when there is a Florida time stamp.

I was just excited that there's a mascot that's an owl. Yes, yes, Florida Atlantic.

Congratulations. Hey there. It's the MPR Politics podcast. I'm Miles Parks. I cover voting.

I'm Ashley Lopez. I cover politics. And I'm Elena Moore. I also cover politics.

Earlier this week, we talked about old politicians, and now we are doing the

other end of the spectrum, young voters and young lawmakers. We'll start with

young voters. This population group has historically had the lowest

voter registration and participation rates and elections of any age group in the

United States. But lately, some states are doing something to try to change that.

Ashley, you've been reporting on this for the last couple of weeks. And let's start

with the problem. Why is it that young voters have just been voting in lower

numbers than other of their age groups? Well, registration is the first hurdle,

obviously. And I mean, I guess we should just start from the very beginning,

which is like the United States is one of the few democratic nations that

requires people to register. And if you're young, you know, you don't interact

with the government a lot. So this might be the first time that you have to fill

out paperwork and go through a government process. And that could be either,

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