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They're supposed to be some of the most disenfranchised voters in America...

But in Maine this summer, two dozen 20-somethings are undertaking what's believed to be one of the most aggressive voter registration drives that state has ever seen.

So far, the non-partisan campaign by the Maine People's Resource Center says it has signed up 4300 new voters since June.

And as Maine Public Radio's Susan Chisholm reports they have an ambitious goal over the next two months.

With the Democratic convention only several days away, we speak to a roundtable of New Hampshire Delegates getting ready to head down to Boston. We'll talk with them about their hopes for the Democratic Platform, what they wish to get accomplished at the convention and the message they hope to deliver to Americans nationwide. Laura's guests are Representative Ray Buckley, Manchester Ward 8 Representative, political consultant and six-time New Hampshire Delegate; Ricia McMahon, Vice President of Americans for Campaign Finance Reform and two time DNC delegate; Sara Ayres, Hanover native, Dartmouth College student and first time delegate, and Representative Joe Miller, 82 year old retired doctor, State Senator from Durham, and first time delegate. We will also hear from first time delegate Stephen Shurtleff, Vietnam Veteran and retired US Marshall living in Penacook.