Young voters face challenges during elections

  • ◄ Faith Gregory, far left, helps SWOSU students at the university’s Winter Welcome event. She also is a member of Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature and said she would vote in the upcoming presidential primary election March 5.
For many students, college is the first time being independent. It also is the first time many students are eligible to vote. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey released in September 2020, Oklahoma had a eligible voting population of 2,875,059. However, only 21.8 percent is composed of 18-29 year olds and only 32.2 percent of that 2.8 million voters were…

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