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Patagonia, the sports outerwear giant, shut its doors Tuesday so its employees could vote. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Time to Vote campaign presses companies to give employees time off to vote

Mary Katherine Moore November 7, 2018
Bostonians hanging out on Newbury Street Tuesday walked past a closed Patagonia store. Amid the typical bustle of the popular street, the store laid vacant with a sign on the door that read, “When the polls open, we close.”
From left to right: College of Arts and Sciences Student Government Sens. Jessica Zheng, Amos Mwuara, Savannah Majarwitz and Matthew Yee present the Senate Outreach Program Proposal, which was voted on and passed Monday night. SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG votes on constitutional amendments, discusses finances

Audrey Martin October 22, 2018
Boston University's Student Government voted Monday on proposed amendments to the SG constitution and heard from Vice President of Finance Hector Meneses about SG finances.
More than 500 Boston University students have registered to vote using TurboVote, an online tool BU has incorporated into its ongoing efforts to increase voter turnout among its students. ZOE ADES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students register to vote with help of TurboVote, student groups

Kylie Tomasiak October 18, 2018
Boston University is working to promote voter registration and turnout for the Nov. 6 midterm election, partially through a partnership with voter registration tool TurboVote.
Kaitlyn Murtha, a sophomore in the Questrom School of Business, attends the first Student Government  meeting of the spring 2016 semester in the Photonics building Monday. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG’s first meeting approves initiative, encourages students’ political activity

Lexi Peery January 26, 2016

Boston University Student Government convened Monday for its first meeting after winter break and voted to fund TurboVote, a website that eases out-of-state students’ voting registration. TurboVote’s...

Through initiatives by Boston University Student Government including the website TurboVote, 100 more students registered to vote this year than in 2013. GRAPHIC BY FALON MORAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

More students register to vote in elections, make use of TurboVote service

Gherardo Astaldi October 28, 2014

In an effort to encourage more Boston University students to participate in the Nov. 4 state elections, BU Student Government partnered with online voter engagement service TurboVote, missing their 100-person...

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EDIT: The Power of Student Voting

Editors October 16, 2014

With the Nov. 4 midterm elections looming, the deadline for registering to vote in Massachusetts was Wednesday. Voting among the demographic of 18- to 24-year olds has never been positive, but that does...

In an effort to encourage students to vote, Boston University Student Government partnered with TurboVote, a non-profit startup that eases the voter registration process for college students. GRAPHIC BY MAYA DEVEREAUX/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG partners with TurboVote to register students to vote

Gherardo Astaldi October 14, 2014

Boston University Student Government has partnered with TurboVote, an online voter engagement service, in order to encourage students to register for the state and federal elections on Nov. 4. “The...

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