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Opinion: Post-secondary students' votes are up for grabs: Who will earn them?

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Abdul Abbasi: Students’ votes are up for grabs, and it’s time to earn them.

Elections Canada data from 2019 shows that turnout among Albertans aged 1824 was 60 per cent , above the national average of 57 per cent .

Abbasi says Alberta 's young voters punch well above their weight, especially those voting for the first time.

He says students are facing growing economic pressure, and we’re telling you what we need.

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