For Immediate Release:
March 27, 2025
Press Contact:
Selasi Tagbor Morales
Communications Coordinator
press@allianceforyouthaction.org
ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ACTION: TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER IS AN ATTACK ON YOUNG VOTERS
WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump signed a dangerous executive order designed to silence young voters, students, immigrant youth, and military families. This sweeping move creates new bureaucratic hurdles that disproportionately affect young people and hands unprecedented voter-roll oversight to Elon Musk, threatening partisan manipulation.
This executive order:
- Creates complex, confusing voter registration requirements, disproportionately hurting students and young people who frequently move or attend college away from home.
- Strips resources from already-underfunded election offices, decertifying voting equipment in key states with large youth populations, directly impacting young voters’ ability to participate.
- Grants unprecedented voter-roll oversight to Elon Musk, risking partisan manipulation and widespread confusion, further threatening the voting rights of youth and marginalized communities.
Young voters have consistently proven their power to shape elections and drive progressive change. That’s why they’re under attack. At this pivotal moment, supporting youth-led efforts to defend voting rights isn’t just necessary, it’s essential to protecting our democracy itself.
The Alliance for Youth Action Network is fully committed to empowering young voters, eliminating barriers, and fighting back against any policy aimed at suppressing their voices. Now more than ever, we must stand united behind young people—our democracy depends on it.
“This executive order isn’t just another political move; it’s a direct attempt to silence the fastest-growing and most diverse voting bloc in America: young people and students. By adding unnecessary hurdles to voter registration, especially for those attending college out-of-state or coming from immigrant families, Trump is targeting youth-led progress at the ballot box. Protecting young voters right now is about safeguarding our democracy for decades to come”.
— Dakota Hall, Executive Director, Alliance for Youth Action
“Every day at MOVE Texas, we see young voters energized, engaged, and determined to shape their future. Trump’s executive order isn’t just bureaucratic red tape; it’s an intentional attempt to silence young voices, especially students and immigrant youth who are fighting to be heard. We’re seeing the same playbook here in Texas with anti-democratic bills like SB 16 snaking their way through our legislature. Just like Trump’s order, SB 16 would be a fake solution to a fake problem—an unnecessary barrier designed to silence eligible voters whose voices those in power are determined to ignore. This generation is ready to lead, and national and state attacks like this make our work protecting their rights more crucial than ever.”
— Claudia Yoli Ferla, Executive Director, MOVE Texas Action Fund
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The Alliance for Youth Action grows progressive people power across America by empowering local young people’s organizations to strengthen our democracy, fix our economy, and correct injustices through on-the-ground organizing.