Type
Presentation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/by9z-2p68
Session Description
Brandeis Library hosts several voter registration initiatives for its students in even numbered years and has since 2016 (four cycles!). What began as a tabling event one fall now includes widespread campus effort with students and other campus offices joining the library in a multi-prong approach to connect students, many first time voters, with the requirements of voting from registration to ballot box.
I'll share pitfalls, process improvements, scalability efforts, challenges, and future considerations of this initiative. Participants will walk away with a blueprint of how to implement a similar initiative in their own libraries, and those who might already do this work can also share their insights.
Type of Library
University Library
Voter Registration in the Library: Connecting Students and Civic Engagement
Hogan Suite B
Brandeis Library hosts several voter registration initiatives for its students in even numbered years and has since 2016 (four cycles!). What began as a tabling event one fall now includes widespread campus effort with students and other campus offices joining the library in a multi-prong approach to connect students, many first time voters, with the requirements of voting from registration to ballot box.
I'll share pitfalls, process improvements, scalability efforts, challenges, and future considerations of this initiative. Participants will walk away with a blueprint of how to implement a similar initiative in their own libraries, and those who might already do this work can also share their insights.
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