Sam Purtill

My friend and colleague John Haskell (ASSU Chief of Staff) just sent out an email to the people who helped his efforts with campus voter registration. Over 1,000 people registered and 3,000 people in a list who will get customized emails based on what state they’re registered to vote in :)

This is a huge success and it feels so good to be part of such a great cause. John worked tirelessly to get this done, at one point spending 50 hours in 3 days on voter reg alone. Huge props to him and everyone else that made this happen.

Here are the details from the press release.

Since the end of September and through October, the ASSU ran a non-partisan voter registration drive with two goals: to encourage local registration and offer increased access to information and deadlines for each state students are voting within. Students volunteered to go door-to-door within their dorms, giving out voter registration cards for those that wanted to register in California, and collecting information about where people are registered. The goal of the latter point is to give the option for students to receive an email regarding the deadline to register absentee within the state they are registered as well as instructions on how to apply for an absentee ballot. The door-to-door strategy was complemented with individual graduate student efforts as well as the BSU/ASSU led drive on October 18th in White Plaza.

The results: around 1000 new registered voters and individualized emails sent out to over 3000 students.

It is important that every student has a voice in the community, and it is our hope that this drive allows for increased civic engagement so that the Stanford community has a voice in the greater political process.