Abrams Urges FAMU Students to Vote in Midterms

Former Georgia lawmaker Stacey Abrams told students at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee to turn out for the November 3 midterm elections.

Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Secondary Education

Abrams Urges FAMU Students to Vote in Midterms

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Former Georgia state representative Stacey Abrams spoke Friday, October 30, at the Will Packer Amphitheater on the campus of Florida A&M University, urging students to vote in the November 3 midterms. The roughly 15-minute, nonpartisan talk framed voting as medicine rather than magic.

Why it matters

Abrams argued that Florida, like Georgia, has been written off after election losses, a message aimed at persuading young voters on campus that their participation can still change outcomes. The appearance puts a national voter-mobilization voice in front of a student body in the state capital days before election day.

The talk lasted roughly 15 minutes at the Will Packer Amphitheater in Tallahassee on Friday, October 30. No attendance figure was reported for the event.

The players

Stacey Abrams

Former Georgia state representative and nationally known voting-rights advocate who has led voter-registration and turnout efforts. She has been a prominent Democratic voice on election participation.

Florida A&M University

Historically Black public university in Tallahassee, Florida, and the host institution for the campus talk. It is one of the largest HBCUs in the United States.

The details

Abrams recalled graduating high school as valedictorian and being turned away from the Georgia governor's mansion entrance, using that story to make her case for civic engagement. She spoke in person to students and told the student newspaper FSView her views on Florida's electoral prospects. A separate video shared online November 1 shows Abrams criticizing Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens; that clip is not connected to the FAMU event.

October 30, 2026: Abrams speaks at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.
November 1, 2026: A video criticizing Rep. Haley Stevens is shared online.
November 3, 2026: Midterm election day.

Season Trajectory

Abrams' appeal extends the turnout-first approach she developed in her 2018 Georgia gubernatorial campaign, now carried to a Florida campus. The message that a state can be written off and still change its outcome is the same logic that drove her earlier organizing.

Students at Florida A&M University who are registered can cast ballots in the November 3 midterms, and the campus talk is aimed at getting them to do so. The message applies directly to young voters in Tallahassee deciding whether to participate before election day.

The takeaway

Voter participation is a practical step that can shape outcomes even in states that seem politically settled. Students who check their registration status ahead of November 3 can act on the same message Abrams delivered on campus.