Students create non-profit to encourage young voters
By Sydney Gales
Staff Writer
Molina and Doce pose for a picture with Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell. Photo Courtesy Oliver Molina.
In preparation for election season, four middle Tennessee students have founded a political non-profit with the goal of encouraging young adults to become registered and vote in the local, state, and federal elections.
“Tennessee has some of the lowest voter turnout rates in the nation,” said Tennessee Association for Political Engagement co-founder, Marko Doce.
Oliver Molina, a student at Trevecca, and Marko Doce, a student at Vanderbilt, are co-founders of the organization.
Molina and Doce met in high school, where they noticed a lack of knowledge about voter registration and political policy, so they formed Tennessee As...