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Tag: voting: Page 2
News Roundup
After Parkland Shooting, VA Youth Voter Registration Skyrockets
According to a new TargetSmart analysis, voting registration rates for voters aged 18-29 have increased over the last seven months in Virginia, along with 38 other key battleground states. These results indicate that youth turnout is on the rise just in time for this year’s midterm and state primary elections. This increase in youth voter […]
July 19, 2018
Opinion
What Higher Ed Can Learn from Ocasio-Cortez Campaign
Given Alexandri Ocasio-Cortez’s success in engaging first-time voters, despite being significantly underfunded compared to her opponent, her election has many lessons for colleges throughout the nation to take note of in engaging their students and surrounding communities to participate in local elections.
July 12, 2018
Students
Some North Dakota State Students Say They Were Discouraged from Voting
BISMARCK, N.D. ― Election officials are looking into reports that some North Dakota State University students were discouraged from voting at an early voting site on the Fargo campus. Freshman Phoebe Ellis, 18, of Beldenville, Wisconsin, said she and others were told by an unknown person at the Fargodome that voting could threaten their financial […]
November 8, 2016
Students
Guillermo: Michelle Obama Delivers Message of Diversity and Hope
If it weren’t for the FBI Director James Comey’s actions, the political highlight of last week would have been Michelle Obama’s speech at Wake Forest University.
October 30, 2016
News Roundup
Texts, Online Ads in Store for Ohio’s Coveted College Voters
COLUMBUS, Ohio ― Progressive groups say reaching college voters in Ohio with text messages, digital ads and “fun” events will be part of a massive voter turnout effort in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. A coalition including the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, NextGen Climate and Planned Parenthood Votes announced its plans for […]
October 26, 2016
Students
Presidential Candidates not Registering with College Students
With the 2016 presidential election approaching, campus leaders at some schools say neither candidate seems well-connected to issues that matter to college students.
September 8, 2016
African-American
Restoring Voting Rights to Felons a Step Toward Ending Black Voter Suppression
In deciding to restore voting rights to 13,000 former felons, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe took a “bold” step to end a practice of Black voter suppression that hearkens back to the Reconstruction Era.
August 22, 2016
Students
Rallying Millennials to Vote
Despite their large population (83 million), millennials vote at lower rates than their share of the population.
August 16, 2016
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