ASUC Vote Coalition

The California Campus Vote Project, a nonpartisan coalition of student associations including CalPIRG Students and the UC Student Association, hosted a daylong “vote-a-thon” Tuesday to mobilize students to vote and highlight youth participation in the election.

A study conducted by the California Voter Foundation found that voters between the ages of 18 and 24 are about three times more likely to have their ballots rejected than older voters.

Rates of college student voter registration for the Nov. 3 elections reached record highs amid a California-wide effort to increase voter turnout.

The ASUC Vote Coalition and ASUC Office of the External Affairs Vice President hosted a debate Tuesday between District 5 Berkeley City Council candidates Sophie Hahn, vice mayor and City Council member, and Todd Andrew, a real estate consultant.

Pauley Ballroom and the Lawrence Hall of Science will be the two polling locations open on the UC Berkeley campus for the upcoming election.

In light of National Voter Education Week from Monday to Friday, campus senior Srija Manchkanti created a free course for all UC Berkeley students to access voter information.

A letter asking the UC Board of Regents to deem Election Day a noninstructional holiday for all UC campuses has been signed by more than 1,000 UC students, alumni, staff and organizations.

Coercing students to attend lectures amid a pandemic on what is likely to be the most pivotal Election Day of our lives would be voter suppression.

The ASUC External Affairs Vice President, or EAVP’s, office released its voter registration education portal, which is accessible through a notification on CalCentral, Tuesday after months of work with the Student Information Systems team.

Almost two years into the Trump presidency, reports across the country have shown that people are registering to vote at higher rates than in previous years for a midterm election.