Christina Roggenkamp
Christina Roggenkamp
Christina is a junior at SUNY Oneonta and an Ambassador for Students for Open Primaries, a nonprofit dedicated to enfranchising young voters.
Articles by Christina
Opinion: If We Want Young People to Vote In NY, Open The Primaries
Opinion: If We Want Young People to Vote In NY, Open The Primaries
Editor's Note: This op-ed originally published on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher. As a young voter, I’ve asked myself, “how can I use my voice in a big way?” My first thought was to go out and vote, but when I showed up to the last primary election I was turned away. That’s because while I’m a registered voter, I’m one of over three million independent voters in New York that are barred from voting in the primaries. I thought back to a time when ...
25 May, 2023
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