Just weeks before the first midterm primary elections, the Department of Education issued a letter reminding postsecondary institutions of their legal requirement to distribute voter registration materials and provide voter education.
ABC News Political Director Rick Klein has the latest on the primaries as voters head to the polls Tuesday in Nebraska and West Virginia.Just weeks before the first midterm primary elections, the Department of Education issued a
Katie Montgomery, director of government relations at Cuyahoga Community College, said the college prepares students for primaries by advertising a voter registration day at nearly 70 campus locations. Students are encouraged to have a"voting plan," whether they are voting in-person, early, or on Election Day, she said.
A reminder like this has not been sent out to colleges and universities since 2013, said Unger, noting her coalition has been calling for one since 2016. Instead, she said, groups like Students Learn Students Vote, a nonpartisan network focused on"student voter participation," have been helping to educate students while some institutions themselves do not.
"We're holding regular voter registration drives and looking at our data in terms of who's voting and who's not, and thinking about ways in which we can engage particular populations of students," said Fulkerson."We've been out tabling and visiting organization meetings or classrooms or residence halls to really make students know about the opportunity to participate in democracy.
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