WABI covers UMaine voter registration effort
WABI (Channel 5) reported on a student-led effort at the University of Maine to celebrate National Voter Registration Day. Members of the UMaine Voter Activation Team and UMaine UVote hosted a voter registration table and “Why I Vote” booth to engage the campus community and register voters. “I think what has been inspirational is when we have been asking people for the video, ‘Why are you registering to vote?’ the great reasons people do,” said Susan Gardner, director of UMaine’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program and Rising Tide Center, who is involved in UMaine UVote. “It’s about making a difference. One person said, ‘It’s because my parents never did and I want to be a good role model.’ So I think it’s trying to mobilize the young people of our community to think about why this is important and the difference they can make.”