Texas Democrats announce massive voter registration drive aimed at flipping the state
WASHINGTON — With the national convention season over, the Texas Democratic Party is launching a massive voter registration drive this week as the country turns its attention toward November.
Dubbed “Texas Voter Registration Week,” the state party announced Monday that it will partner with Joe Biden’s campaign for president and MJ Hegar’s campaign for U.S. Senate to contact 1 million unregistered voters across the state this week — focusing their efforts on reaching out to young people and minority communities. The drive will be the largest in the state party’s history.
“Registration is critical to our path to victory,” said Luke Warford, voter expansion director for the Texas Democrats. “There’s a huge population of unregistered folks in the state. We know that unregistered population leans heavily Democrat. They’re young, they’re people from communities of color, and we want to register every Democrat in the state.”
Roughly 3,000 volunteers will call and text eligible voters around the state through Sunday with the goal of providing them with information on how to register to vote. Texas Democrats say they’ve identified 2.6 million people in the state who would vote Democratic if they were registered.
The Hegar campaign will focus its efforts specifically on reaching out to young people. College-age Democrats working with the campaign will contact other young eligible voters to provide information on the voting process.
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