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...more relevant to students’ lives. In other words, we need to close the actual and the perceived gap between the council and the student body. We’re off to a good start with last week’s council election, which had the highest voter turnout ever, but that is only a start...
Since the start of the school year, many student organizations have made diligent efforts to encourage student voters. The Institute of Politics has succeeded in registering hundreds of student voters, as well as helping ensure that any interested student has access to information about absentee ballots. “I Decide” is yet another admirable project to continue these efforts to enfranchise youth voters. In an election often cited as the most crucial race in recent history, any effort to boost voter turnout ought to be lauded...
Matthew J. Glazer ’06, the council’s liaison to the six-person board that oversaw the ring voting, said he was disappointed in the low voter participation given the magnitude of the decision...
...would have liked to have had a higher voter turnout, especially for such a permanent decision,” Glazer said...
Missouri is one of a small group of states that will decide November’s presidential election. One of the biggest variables going into November is voter turnout, especially in St. Louis’s large African-American community. Black voters in Missouri typically vote at roughly half the rate of other voters, but when they vote they overwhelmingly side with Democratic candidates. This means the Democrats have a huge untapped resource that could turn the election. ACT has already shown that Missouri’s African-American population will vote if it is not forgotten. On primary...