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Lander ADP
Blog Project
Lander tops in student voter registation drive
Lander University registered a higher rate of
new voters than any of 50 colleges and universities across the country that that completed what was
called the Electoral Voices Project last fall.
Lander’s American Democracy
Project (ADP) conducted the registration drive during the week of September 18 as part of the
university’s Constitution Day observance. When the drive ended, Lander’s ADP had enrolled 268 new
voters, nearly double the goal of 136 registrants that the sponsors of the campaign established
based on campus size.
Lander’s percentage of new
voters was higher than other larger schools including Indiana University at South Bend, Illinois
State University, Ball State University, and College of Charleston.
The non-partisan registration project was a
joint effort by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and Young Voter
Strategies. Their nationwide goal was to persuade 350,000 young people between the ages of 18 and
29 to register to vote in the 2006 election.
Dr. Robert Stevenson, assistant
professor of mass communication and chair of Lander’s ADP chapter, said, “Our plan was to register
students at Lander and continue the momentum of increasing the number of young people who vote.”
The American Democracy
Project is co-sponsored by AASCU and the New York Times; its goal is to encourage college students
to be active in civic affairs.
