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Coalition increases voter registration
Madeline Novey
Issue date: 9/12/08 Section: News
"People don't want to go out of their way, and they have a lot in their lives," said student staff member Luke Schnickel, an English education senior. "This provides them with an opportunity to vote on campus, and it's easy."
Last spring, ASCSU called for outside reinforcements to aid in their efforts. The coalition joined forces with two national non-partisan groups, the United States Student Association Foundation and the New Voters Project. Both organizations work to develop grassroots voter registration efforts on college campuses.
The NVP, a non-profit, non-partisan subsection of the Colorado Public Interest Research Group, approached ASCSU last spring. The Senate later passed a resolution inviting the NVP to work with the university. CPIRG, based in Denver, works to "increase voter participation among 18-to-24-year-olds," according to the organization's Web site.
Amanda Varley, a representative with NVP, provides professional grassroots aid and oversight. Varley, who underwent one month of intensive training with the NVP before stepping onto campus Sept. 21, hired 11 student interns, including Freudenthal, to build the registration campaign. Varley also visited classes during the past two weeks to talk about voter registration and volunteering for the coalition.
"We are really on course with a lot of other programs," Varley said. "Our goals will be met near the end of the registration period around [Oct. 6], and in my first week, we were No. 1 [in the nation] for online registration."
Staff writer Madeline Novey can be reached at news@collegian.com.
Last spring, ASCSU called for outside reinforcements to aid in their efforts. The coalition joined forces with two national non-partisan groups, the United States Student Association Foundation and the New Voters Project. Both organizations work to develop grassroots voter registration efforts on college campuses.
The NVP, a non-profit, non-partisan subsection of the Colorado Public Interest Research Group, approached ASCSU last spring. The Senate later passed a resolution inviting the NVP to work with the university. CPIRG, based in Denver, works to "increase voter participation among 18-to-24-year-olds," according to the organization's Web site.
Amanda Varley, a representative with NVP, provides professional grassroots aid and oversight. Varley, who underwent one month of intensive training with the NVP before stepping onto campus Sept. 21, hired 11 student interns, including Freudenthal, to build the registration campaign. Varley also visited classes during the past two weeks to talk about voter registration and volunteering for the coalition.
"We are really on course with a lot of other programs," Varley said. "Our goals will be met near the end of the registration period around [Oct. 6], and in my first week, we were No. 1 [in the nation] for online registration."
Staff writer Madeline Novey can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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