Groups work to increase youth voter registration, turnout ahead of election

The race is on to persuade high school seniors from around Oregon to cast their ballots in next month’s consequential election. Thanks to the state’s motor voter law, which automatically registers new drivers who are U.S. citizens to vote, and to Oregon’s universal vote-by-mail system, the state has historically posted one of the country’s highest turnout rates among young voters, at 36%. But that leaves plenty of room for improvement — which is where Kali Kleven comes in. Kleven is the vice chair of the University of Oregon’s chapter of...