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Volunteering on Campus for Election Day |
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October 27, 2015, Volume 62, No. 11 |
In order to promote voter engagement and turnout across the campus community, Penn OGCA leads voter registration and awareness campaigns before every election. The Penn Voter Education Task Force, a nonpartisan coalition of Penn students, faculty and staff, strives to build a stronger community of civically aware, practicing voters. OGCA and the Task Force have been deeply engaged this semester in promoting utilization of Pennsylvania’s new online voter registration portal, encouraging voters to make a plan for Election Day and demonstrating usage of the Philadelphia voting machine.
With little more than a week until Election Day on Tuesday, November 3, intensive recruitment of student, staff and faculty volunteers is underway to operate the campus polling places. This is a nonpartisan opportunity to engage in the democratic process at the local level. Volunteers must be available for all-day or half-day shifts on Election Day between 6:30 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. Here are three things Penn people can do to assist in this effort:
• Volunteer at ogca@exchange.upenn.edu
• Help the Task Force expand its reach by following on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
• Talk about your voting experiences, especially with young and first-time voters.
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