This year was a transformative and remarkable year for the League of Young Voters. We ambitiously hit the streets knocking on more than 175,000 doors across the country to show that we were paying attention. We picked up the phone and called more than 23,000 young voters to ignite a conversation. Our youth leaders begin working at the crack of dawn and  continued into the weary hours of the night trying to educate young people about the implications of not voting.

We fought with tenacity and left mainstream media outlets in utter shock as the young voters turned out in record numbers for the 2012 election. We made our voices heard loud and clear.

WE SHOWED THE WORLD WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

From Texas to Maine, the battles we fought, we won. We left a clear message that equality, respect, and voting rights were not a liberty that we would just hand over politely. There were many things that were accomplished  by our organizer across the country in 2012. We would like to share a glimpse of what it means to do grassroots cultural organizing in low-income communities as a League organizer.

Take a look at our 2012 Spotlight Yearbook.

In 2013, we plan to on criminal justice issues, election modernization, and voter suppression. Support our cause today at YoungVoter.org/Donate

Young voters represented a greater share of the national electorate Tuesday than four years ago, once again voting for President Barack Obama by a huge margin, boosting his reelection.

Voters from ages 18 to 29 represented 19 percent of all those who voted on Tuesday, according to the early National Exit Poll conducted by Edison Research. That’s an increase of one percentage point from 2008. Obama captured 60 percent youth vote, compared with Mitt Romney’s 36 percent.

Headlines suggested a lack of enthusiasm among college students in this election and polling showed fewer were registered or planning to vote.

“The role young people would play during this election has been a major question in American politics for over a year, and it seems the answer is that they have been as big a force at the polls in 2012 as in 2008,” said Peter Levine, director of the youth research organization CIRCLE at Tufts University. “They again supported President Obama, although not as lopsidedly as in 2008. Until tomorrow, it will be unclear whether youth turnout — or the turnout of any group — rose or fell, but young people were proportionately well represented in the 2012 electorate.”

Read the rest at Huffington Post.

Set your alarm reminders for 3 p.m. EST tomorrow because  #Ignite2012 is coming to Cincinnati for National Voter Registration Day!  In 2008, 6 million Americans did not vote because they missed a voter registration deadline. #Ignite2012 is bringing together national recording artists, dynamic bloggers and local leaders to educate young Millennials about what’s happening in their communities, especially about critical topics like voter suppression.

Join hip-hop culture experts - Kim Osorio, Dream Hampton, Janee Bolden, Chuck Creekmur, Jasiri X, Biko Baker, Andreas Hale, Paradise Gray, and Malik Rhasaan– as they hit the stage at  Elementz Hip Hop Center to talk about hip-hop and politics. Tune in to Ignite2012.com on September 25, at 3PM ET for a livestreaming discussion and Q&A session. We will also be hosting an on-site voter registration drive!

Have a question for the panelists? Want to know your voter eligibility status? Tweet @TheLeague99 for more information and we would be glad to answer your questions during the live broadcast. Feel free to tweet any questions or concerns to @TheLeague99 before and during the live stream using the hashtag #Ignite2012.