Ponomarev's birthday is December 2, so she was still 17 on Election Day, too young to vote. "It's a sweet spot of individuals," says Ariel Singleton, the lead Black youth vote organizer at the grassroots group Georgia STAND-UP. "We're targeting young voters because that opens up a whole new arena, a whole new field of people who are eligible to vote who weren't eligible to vote before." Singleton believes they are motivated voters, especially those young voters of color, who were central to Georgia's Black Lives Matter protests. Republicans bank on conservative numbers in GeorgiaAccording to CNN exit polls , 18- to 24-year-olds made up 12% of Georgia voters in the November presidential election.

Source: CNN December 17, 2020 21:56 UTC