Can I see some identification? - February 12, 2008

Erica Briant, PennPIRG discusses the New Voters Project & they are reaching out to young, potential voters - April 18, 2008

As the primary season approached the Lone Star State, TEXPIRG partnered with the College Democrats and the College Republicans at the University of Texas, Austin to mobilize the youth vote on Valentine’s Day.   Dressed up in donkey and elephant costumes, two students holding roses cycled around campus in a rickshaw with the message – Democrats and Republicans may disagree on many things, but we all love young people voting.

Youthquake - February 19 2008

Smitten voters kick off 'I Love Voting' campaign - February 15, 2008

In the days leading up to the March 4th primary, Ohio PIRG organizers showed up at campus hockey matches, basketball games and concerts to mobilize the youth vote.  At Miami University in Oxford we stopped students on their way to class and asked them to pledge to vote, then text five of their friends a get out the vote reminder.  In just two hours, 80 students texted their friends to vote.  Partnering with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Spike TV, we urged 15,000 young fans to sign a pledge to vote at a Columbus match the weekend before the primary.

Youth vote way up in Ohio, Texas - March 5 2008

Group tries to get youth to vote - March 4, 2008

With 3 days to go, campaigns push voters to show up Tuesday - March 1, 2008

Students stormed classrooms, invaded dorms, and held pancake breakfasts to turn out the youth vote.

State's Young Voters seen as major factor in presidential race - Febuary 8, 2008

Students Organize for State Primary - January 28, 2008

To insert the voice of young people into the election, student leaders St Louis’ Meramec Community College appeared at candidate events to ask the What’s Your Plan? questions and organized a ‘pledge to vote’ drive on campus.

After appearing at several campaign events to ask candidates their plans on college affordability and global warming, WASHPIRG students formed a larger-than-life question mark on the campus quad and asked the candidates – What’s your plan to stop global warming – and submitted the question on-line for the November Republican CNN/You Tube debates.

UW Students to Submit YouTube Video for '08 Debate - November 19, 2007

On Election Day, students positioned at campus bus stations urged students to the polls and organized ‘get out the vote’ tables that urged students to pledge to vote.

Students organized get out the vote pushes on campuses and ‘text out the vote’ announcements in classrooms on dozens of campuses across the state.

Working with a coalition of student groups on campus, COPIRG student leaders organized a drive at Colorado campuses that registered more than 3,000 students to vote. Students also organized ‘how to caucus’ trainings and reached thousands of students by invading classrooms with last minute pitches to turn out to vote.

Youth vote real force in 2008 - February 7 2008

Interest Builds in Colorado Caucus - January 10, 2008

Despite voter ID laws that can inhibit student registration, student leaders with Arizona PIRG worked around the clock to mobilize students at the Arizona State University system to turn out to vote.

UA Preps for Primary Elections - January 28, 2007

After releasing a report that highlighted the potential impact of voter registration restrictions on student voter mobilization efforts in New Mexico., the Student PIRGs’ New Voters Project worked to wire the University of New Mexico youth vote.

As the campaign moved into the Sunshine State, student volunteers with Florida PIRG organized photo petition drives to ask the candidates their plans on issues important to young people.

Young Voters Growing in Numbers and Clout in Throughout Florida and the Nation - January 12, 2008

New Jersey

After registering 3,000 students to vote this spring, student leaders with NJPIRG launched a massive get out the vote push on Rutgers campuses, organizing events such as ‘Take a Shot of Democracy,’ in which students handed out red and blue cups of soda at dining halls and asked students to pledge to vote.

Youth Vote Ready to Rock - February 2, 2008

Nevada

Trekking across the desert, California students delivered a 30-foot petition at the Las Vegas debates signed by more than 10,000 students asking the candidates What’s Your Plan? on global warming, college affordability, healthcare and financial security.

South Carolina         

University of South Carolina students appeared at several campaign events to ask the presidential candidates their plans on issues important to young people.