Political groups on campus are making a last dash to recruit voters on Wednesday, the deadline for registering voters for the 2010 election in Massachusetts.
Both Republican and Democratic groups on the Boston University campus have been getting in on the action, too.
“The Boston University College Republicans are actively volunteering as part of Students for Baker, the student coalition for Charlie Baker’s campaign [for] governor,” said Matthew Stern, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and spokesman BUCR.
“[The BUCR] have been recruiting student volunteers on campus, making phone calls from their dorms and volunteering weekly from Boston headquarters,” he added.
While BUCR has been working to get statewide Republican candidates into office, the Boston University College Democrats have been doing the same to help get incumbent
Gov. Deval Patrick reelected.
“Several of our members have joined the campaign as interns,” said Emily Keller, a sophomore in CAS and BUCD spokeswoman.
“We will be working with the campaign to organize efforts as we get closer to Election Day, including canvassing and getting out the voting efforts,” said Keller.
Although Stern is associated with the Republican Party, he said it is in everyone’s best interest to look at every campaign’s individual stance on the issues.
“Republican versus Democrat is not the way to view this election because it’s important for students to understand each candidate’s platforms, decisions and records,” Stern said.
Stern and Keller believe that becoming politically aware and voting should be important to college students.
“Youth engagement is really important because this is ultimately about our future economic success and the path of the Commonwealth will determine the job market,” Stern said.
Many students said they were looking forward to voting in the elections.
“I just registered to vote yesterday,” said Happy Ghosh, a sophomore in the College of Engineering. “I originally registered at Collegefest, but didn’t get any response. I’ve always been interested in politics, since I’m double majoring in political science.”
“I’m very interested in politics. I’ve already picked my answers to the ballot,” said Mike Nitz, a sophomore in CAS.
Staff writer Andrew Wen contributed to the reporting of this article.
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