Voter Registration
As the first step in becoming an active citizen, voter registration is a crucial component in the Center's mission and commitment to the University community.
Read the recent Voter Registration Coalition press release.
The Student Voter Registration Coalition began in 2004 as an effort organized by the Center for Politics to engage U.Va. and Piedmont Virginia Community College student leaders in voter registration. The Coalition is primarily coordinated by two Center for Politics interns who work with student groups and university departments. This is a student-led effort, but the Center for Politics provides guidance, training and resources, as well as facilitates a relationship with the city and county offices of voter registration.
U.Va. is part of the Harvard Institute of Politics' National Campaign for Civic and Political Engagement. As one of 20 members in the National Campaign, the Center has developed a strategic plan for campus-based and student-led voter education, registration, and get-out-the-vote drives. Our goal is to not only help U.Va. adhere to the Higher Education Act of 1998, which requires that the colleges provide voter registration materials to all students, but also to institutionalize voter registration in hopes of encouraging a sense of civic responsibility and engagement among all students.
For more information or to become involved, please contact Bruce Vlk, deputy director of programs at bvlk@virginia.edu.
Want to be a poll worker?
Want to get involved in the democratic process, get paid and help people vote? You can sign up as a poll worker for this November's elections and become an election official in Charlottesville or Albemarle County. For more information, please visit the following websites:
City of Charlottesville Registrar
http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=39
Albemarle County Registrar
http://www.albemarle.org/department.asp?section_id=&department=registrar
Center for Politics Wins Federal Grant: Funding Supports U.Va. Student Poll Worker Program, Allows Inclusion of Piedmont Virginia Community College
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=356
For more information about best practices for recruiting college students as poll workers, click here.
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