Search News
Filter by category
College Week: Miami Dade College
The Andrew Goodman Campus Team at Miami Dade College is featured on NBC for its voter registration efforts. Voter registration takes place every day across Miami-Dade College's eight campuses. On National Voter Registration Day and beyond, the team is working to increase both voter registration and turnout amongst Florida's youth voters.
Read More
Voter Registration Efforts Surge as Election Season Nears
With local elections approaching, there has been a recent uptick in student voter registration efforts on Binghamton University’s campus. Students are also being encouraged to register to vote as part of the Andrew Goodman Foundation’s Vote Everywhere program. The Vote Everywhere website aims to increase voting accessibility and help students on college campuses across the country become more engaged citizens.
Read More
Initiatives Aim to Continue Increase of Student Voting
Initiatives to further promote student voting at the regional level have also been held. The Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere Regional Coalition Summit took place Sept. 28 at Cornell University. The summit aimed to develop a framework for a regional coalition that will act as a team to increase the number of college students who are voting. The Andrew Goodman Foundation was created to honor Andrew Goodman, a civil rights movement activist who was murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Read More
Speaking of Simpson: Getting Out the Vote Among College Students
Voting is all the rage — or at least that's what students working with Simpson's John C. Culver Center for Public Policy are wanting to encourage. They've had considerable success, making Simpson one of the top colleges when it comes to encouraging students to turn out to vote. Culver Center fellows Abby Schulte and Levi Lefebure stop by the podcast along with Culver Center Director Seth Andersen to talk about a new study that shows huge turnout increases among Simpson students in the 2018 election.
Read More
National Voter Registration Day Shatters Record for “Off-Year” with 400,000 Voters Registered
This year's National Voter Registration Day (September 24) shattered records with an estimated 400,000 citizens registering for the first time or updating their voter registration. This unprecedented number is more than THREE TIMES the previous record set for an "off-year" focused primarily on local elections, and far outpaced expectations.
Read More
University Recognized as Elite Voting Campus in Recent Magazine Ranking
West Carolina University student voting nearly doubled from the 2014 midterm election to the 2018 midterm election. While that was a significant achievement in itself, the more important factor is that people who take part in elections at an early age are more likely to become lifelong voters, said Lane Perry, executive director of WCU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning.
Read More
Access to the Ballot: Geaux Vote Wins On-Campus Voting for LSU Students
After years of trying to win a consolidated on-campus voting location, the Andrew Goodman Campus Team at Louisiana State University did it. After hearing testimony from the team, the East Baton Rouge Metro Council voted unanimously in their favor.
Read More
Voting on UW-Madison Campus Up in 2018
The University of Wisconsin–Madison reported that student voting on campus was up in last year’s election, increasing to 52.9 percent in 2018, thanks in part to university-led efforts to encourage voting. “These results show that we as students were excited to vote in 2018,” said Laura Downer, chair of the Associated Students of Madison. “We want to have a say in the future of our country, and we know how crucial voting is to amplifying our voice. I’m looking forward to even higher student participation in 2020!”
Read More
TU Student Voter Turnout Reaches High Mark
According to the NSLVE, TU’s student voting rate was above the voting rate for all institutions (39.1%), and doubled in growth from the 2014 midterm election (20.7%). Towson University also has 85.6% of its student population registered to vote through events like those that happen on National Voter Registration Day, which falls on September 24 this year.
Read More
We Cannot Afford Not to Vote
We’ve often heard the refrain: “Why vote? It doesn’t do any good.” Certainly, there are causes for concern, such as the late-night machinations of legislators regarding Amendment 4. Sixty-five percent of Floridians voted to pass the initiative, yet their votes were not respected by lawmakers in Tallahassee. So, some may ask — why register? Why vote? Because we can’t afford not to. A voting public is part and parcel of a democracy.
Read More