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How to reach young voters when they're stuck at home

  • Written by Abby Kiesa, Director of Impact at CIRCLE, Tufts University
Young Minnesota voters cast their ballots on March 3, before the coronavirus outbreak really set in for the U.S.Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images

Colleges across the U.S. have sent students home. High schools – and their elementary and middle-school counterparts – have moved operations online.

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