{"id":7451,"date":"2021-10-13T09:51:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T13:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=7451"},"modified":"2022-11-03T09:42:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:42:52","slug":"student-civic-organization-voter-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/student-civic-organization-voter-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"Student civic organization drives skyrocketing voter participation"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”] [image_with_animation image_url=”7453″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]This year, PIRG registered 25% of Eckerd\u2019s largest-ever first-year class, or about 176 students. Photo: Jane Downer ’22<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

When it comes to casting a ballot, young people are reliably unreliable.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Voter turnout in the 2020 U.S. presidential election was lowest among people in the 18 to 24 age group, according to the Census Bureau, continuing a trend that has endured for decades. Last year, half the people under age 24 who were eligible to vote, didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

But there is a growing army of people trying to change that. And among those leading the way are members of Eckerd College\u2019s Florida Public Interest Research Groups<\/a> (PIRG) Students chapter. They\u2019ve already had an impact.<\/p>\n

In 2019, 120 Eckerd students voted on Election Day at the precinct that serves the campus. In 2020, that number jumped to 1,289 students. This year, PIRG registered 25% of Eckerd\u2019s largest-ever first-year class, or about 176 students. And of PIRG\u2019s 25 volunteers, 18 are new recruits and most are first-year students.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7452″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text]Student PIRGs are part of a federation of state Public Interest Research Groups\u2014a national nonpartisan nonprofit that focuses on, among other things, voter turnout. Photo: Jane Downer ’22<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”48″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Up next: St. Petersburg\u2019s municipal elections. A \u201cvote party\u201d is set to kick off Tuesday morning, Nov. 2, near the mailboxes outside Edmundson Hall. Students from PIRG will set up tables and chairs, offer up snacks and music, and dig into the real work of getting students out to the polls.<\/p>\n

Members will answer questions, hand out voter registration information and offer rides to the polls. It\u2019s important to note that to vote in the Nov. 2 election, you must be registered by Oct. 4<\/strong>. Otherwise, you must wait until the next election to vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be there until the polls close,\u201d says Carrie Walker, a senior from Loveland, Colorado, who is chair of the Chapter of Florida PIRG Students at Eckerd College<\/a>. Student PIRGs are part of a federation of state Public Interest Research Groups\u2014a national nonpartisan nonprofit that focuses on, among other things, voter turnout.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople generally overlook local elections, and that is a huge mistake,\u201d Carrie says. \u201cI can\u2019t speak on issues, but local elections are so important because they actually impact our daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

A member of Phi Beta Kappa<\/a> and a Ford Apprentice Scholar<\/a>, Carrie is studying international relations and global affairs<\/a>, Spanish<\/a>, and Latin American studies<\/a>. She\u2019s also the president of Engage EC<\/a>, a student-alumni networking club; she works as an office assistant in the Eckerd Advancement Office<\/a>; she\u2019s writing her senior thesis; and she runs a small business\u2014selling on Instagram clothes that she crochets. \u201cI plan my day very specifically,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

And it helps that she and her PIRG colleagues have had the support of the College. Eckerd launched a website last year (vote.eckerd.edu<\/a>) for student voter registration information, and it allowed PIRG students access to classrooms. \u201cWhen the fall term began, we got into 77 classes and spoke to about 1,000 students,\u201d Carrie says. \u201cThat\u2019s half the student body.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lg_text” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\u201cIt\u2019s sometimes difficult to get people to deviate from their lives to do unpaid volunteer work,\u201d she adds, \u201cbut we don\u2019t have that problem at Eckerd. Back in September we handed out interest cards, and we got 488 of them back saying that person was interested in what we do. That\u2019s almost a quarter of the students at Eckerd.\u201d<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Morgan Colton, a senior political science<\/a> student from Dayton, Ohio, has been with PIRG about 18 months and is the group\u2019s New Voters Project co-coordinator. She also is PIRG\u2019s recruitment drive coordinator. \u201cI believe our democracy works only if there is full participation.\u201d Morgan says. \u201cEverybody should use their voice, which is their vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morgan\u2019s father is a firefighter, and her mother a 911 dispatcher. \u201cThey were very surprised when I picked up voting work,\u201d Morgan says. \u201cBut they got on board and support me. They understand the long hours really do make a difference.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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