In honor of National Voter Registration Day, student organizations took to Locust Walk on Tuesday to encourage the Penn community to register to vote.<\/p>\n
Penn Leads the Vote \u2014\u00a0a nonpartisan, student-led group\u00a0\u2014\u00a0tabled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on campus. Just through paper forms alone, which do not include individuals who filled out the registration form online, the group registered 170 students.<\/p>\n
According to College senior Ashley Kim, who also serves as the director of PLTV, \u201ctabling on a national civic holiday like NVRD helps make voting an integral and celebratory experience at Penn.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kim added in a statement that several members of University leadership \u2014 including Penn President Larry Jameson, Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education Russell Composto, and School of Arts and Sciences Dean Mark Trodden \u2014\u00a0stopped by the group’s tables.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving Penn Leadership attend NVRD demonstrates to the Penn community that civic engagement is an institutional priority at Penn,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
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Sign Up<\/a><\/p>\n PLTV offered students and faculty merchandise, tote bag screen printing, photo opportunities with Penn\u2019s Quaker mascot, and food to encourage participation.<\/p>\n The organization, which is run by the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships, advances<\/a> \u00a0\u201ccivic and community engagement at Penn.\u201d On Tuesday, both students and staff spent time staffing tables on Locust and registering individuals to vote.<\/p>\n According to Kim, 170 voters registered exceeded PLTV\u2019s goal for the day. The organization\u2019s long-term goal, she wrote, is to reach 100% registration of eligible students by 2028.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year we are focusing particularly on working with different institutional partners at Penn, such as University Life and the College House and Academic Services to make voting easier for students,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n