The family of computer engineering freshman Jordan Grant donated $50,000 to Associated Students Inc. (ASI) to increase awareness of student voting registration, in memory of their son. “We want Jordan’s classmates to share the excitement he had for voting,” Jordan’s dad James Grant said. “We think beginning to vote and finding a voice will change […]
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California Assemblymember proposes lowering the voting age to 17
California District Assemblymember Evan Low from Silicon Valley reintroduced an amendment to lower the voting age in California from 18 to 17. “It is our responsibility to inspire the next generation to become active and informed voters,” Low said in a news release. “Lowering the voting age will hook students while they are young, […]
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Cal Poly wins Ballot Bowl with most new student voter registrations in California
Cal Poly had the most new voter registrations of any school in California with 3,178 students registered through the Secretary of State’s Ballot Bowl competition. California State University (CSU) Fullerton came in second with 2,627 competition participants and University of California (UC) Santa Barbara came in third with 1,848 registered voters through the Ballot Bowl. A […]
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Voter registration goes scoreless in 58th home game
It is more effective to give voters a motivation to vote than to annoy them until they give in.
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Here are the political issues students care about
Mustang News conducted a survey of 335 Cal Poly students concerning what political issues were important to them. Here’s what they had to say.