Purpose: Our aim was to bridge access to voter registration for youth by offering this service within a primary care setting and study the impact of this intervention on voter engagement and the barriers to voter turnout for registered youth voters.
Methods: A total of 120 eligible youth were presented with the opportunity to register to vote within their scheduled medical appointments. Participants were administered a follow-up survey via telephone or within scheduled visits after the 2018 midterm election.
Results: Eighteen of 41 participants (43.9%) who registered to vote in this clinic voted in the midterm elections, and 52 of 95 eligible participants (54.7%) voted overall. Those who did not vote cited multiple issues associated with social determinants of health, including economic stability and neighborhood and social environments, as top barriers.
Conclusions: This study demonstrates that facilitating access to voter registration in an adolescent primary care setting is a feasible intervention and may improve voter engagement in youth.
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