CSU Faculty Launches Non-Partisan Effort to Register Students to Vote, Encourage Voting
California Political Desk
October 07, 2008
With Election Day now just a month away, the California Faculty Association (CFA) has launched a campaign to register California college students to vote and encourage civic activism amongst young people.
There is nothing more American than exercising one´s right to vote and many Americans cast their first vote as college students," said CFA Vice President Kim Geron a professor of Political Science at CSU East Bay and Chair of CFA´s Tim Sampson Memorial Student Internship Program. "In today´s digital era of MySpace, Facebook, and the many other social networks and websites, there is tremendous opportunity to register millions of new voters. College students represent a growing portion of the electorate and have the potential to make a big impact and this is simply an effort to jump-start the registration process."
Geron continued, "Young people are the generation that will be most impacted by today´s pressing issues – healthcare, global warming, the economy – and by engaging them now, it´s more likely that they´ll be a driving force towards the solutions to these issues."
The last day to register to vote in the presidential election is Oct. 20 in California and even sooner in many other states. In order to optimize turnout amongst students, CFA is encouraging students to take advantage of the numerous forms of new technology that allows young people to communicate and get the information out quickly about this important topic.
There are more and more online resources that can assist you with filling out your registration form, telling your friends about politics and sharing ideas on the election," said Geron. "We encourage students to register and then take action by emailing everyone in their contact list, or Twittering, or messaging their Facebook friends!"
There is nothing more American than exercising one´s right to vote and many Americans cast their first vote as college students," said CFA Vice President Kim Geron a professor of Political Science at CSU East Bay and Chair of CFA´s Tim Sampson Memorial Student Internship Program. "In today´s digital era of MySpace, Facebook, and the many other social networks and websites, there is tremendous opportunity to register millions of new voters. College students represent a growing portion of the electorate and have the potential to make a big impact and this is simply an effort to jump-start the registration process."
Geron continued, "Young people are the generation that will be most impacted by today´s pressing issues – healthcare, global warming, the economy – and by engaging them now, it´s more likely that they´ll be a driving force towards the solutions to these issues."
The last day to register to vote in the presidential election is Oct. 20 in California and even sooner in many other states. In order to optimize turnout amongst students, CFA is encouraging students to take advantage of the numerous forms of new technology that allows young people to communicate and get the information out quickly about this important topic.
There are more and more online resources that can assist you with filling out your registration form, telling your friends about politics and sharing ideas on the election," said Geron. "We encourage students to register and then take action by emailing everyone in their contact list, or Twittering, or messaging their Facebook friends!"
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