Philadelphia City Leaders Help Students Register To Vote In 2024 Election At School Assembly

By Eva Andersen, CBS Philadelphia

March 6, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- High schoolers at a Philadelphia charter school spent Tuesday morning in a special assembly to learn the importance of voting, and at the end, students had a chance to register to cast their ballots in the 2024 election. It was the second stop on Philadelphia Chairman Commissioner Omar Sabir's "Philly Rises Youth Civic Engagement School Tour and Press Conference."

Sabir, joined by other city leaders, including freshman Councilmember Nic O'Rourke, spoke to a full lunchroom at Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School of Philadelphia. Leaders shared with students about the power of voting for elected officials, from city council members to presidential candidates. They displayed a PowerPoint presentation about the history of the right to vote and discussed several issues their vote could help shape, from minimum wage to public safety.

"I'm sure folks have told you again and again – like we're doing today – how important voting is," O'Rourke said. "It's true. How we vote actually does matter."

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