WC named “Voter Friendly Campus”
Wilmington College students were able to register to vote in a process as simple as using a laptop within 30 feet of scanning their lunch and dinner IDs. Student members of the Campus Vote Project have been in place all week to register students in time for the upcoming May primary in Ohio. The College’s […]
ECU joins campuses nationwide in effort to support voting
GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina University is one of more than 250 campuses in 38 states and the District of Columbia designated as a Voter Friendly Campus through 2024. Two national nonpartisan organizations — the Fair Elections Center Campus Vote Project and NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education — led the initiative, which held […]
Student IDs are secure and reliable. They should be recognized as voter ID | Opinion
Voter participation is vital for the strength and integrity of our democracy. This is particularly true for students, who represent the future of our nation but often face unique challenges when it comes to voting. Currently, Tennessee’s voter ID requirements arbitrarily prohibit the use of college and university student IDs as voter identification at the […]
Eastern Michigan University designated a “Voter Friendly Campus” by NASPA and Campus Vote Project
YPSILANTI – Eastern Michigan University has been named a Voter Friendly Campus, one of 258 campuses in 38 states and the District of Columbia, by Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The initiative recognizes institutions that have planned and implemented practices that encourage their students to […]
MCC named a Voter Friendly Campus by national bipartisan organizations
MESA, Arizona – March 28, 2023 – Mesa Community College (MCC) is designated a Voter Friendly Campus for 2023-2024 by the Campus Vote Project of the Fair Elections Center, and Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Both are national, nonpartisan organizations based in Washington, D.C. MCC was one of 359 colleges across 39 states and […]
UIS just one of 238 campuses across U.S. to be recognized as voter-friendly
The University of Illinois Springfield has been recognized as a voter-friendly campus. The designation is given to colleges and universities around the country that have taken steps to encourage students to register and vote. UIS is one of 258 campuses in 38 states to receive the recognition from the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project […]
Youth voters took to the polls by storm this November making for one of the highest turnouts
Kayley Bell, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and intern with the voter engagement coalition BadgersVote, spent her days leading up to the November 2022 election campaigning and canvassing. On Election Day, Bell spent most of her day in Ward 57 at the Nicholas Recreation Center on UW–Madison’s campus, working the polls and running […]
Future of elections on the docket of the nation’s highest court
By Newsy | December 8, 2022 On the day following oral arguments in Moore v. Harper — a controversial case being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court — Fair Elections Center Litigation Director Jon Sherman appeared on Newsy’s “Morning Rush” to discuss the case and how it could adversely affect future elections across the nation.
How a fringe legal theory at the Supreme Court could blowtorch American elections
By Alex Woodward, The Independent | December 6, 2022 In February, a 40-page order from North Carolina’s Supreme Court found that a Republican-drawn map of the state’s political boundaries for congressional districts “unconstitutionally” infringed on the fundamental rights of voters in the state. The map – the product of a once-a-decade process of redrawing the […]
The Eviction Crisis Is Aiding the GOP’s Voter Suppression Schemes
By Laura Jedeed, Truthout | December 2, 2022 In a rare moment of discipline, Donald Trump did not present his usual 2020 election fraud conspiracy to his Mar-a-Lago audience while announcing his presidential candidacy on November 16. He did, however, call for tighter voting restrictions. “To eliminate cheating I will immediately demand voter ID,” Trump […]
