Some states are trying to boost youth voter registration. Here's what they're doing

Residents of Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood register to vote at a voter registration event on Sept. 29, 2021. (Mary Altaffer/AP)

Young voters have historically had the lowest voter registration and participation rates of any age group in the United States.

But in recent years, more states have adopted policies aimed at increasing voter registration, including among U.S. citizens newly of voting age.