Student groups push voters to polls throughout Election Day, then gather in suspense at night
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on student groups’ Election Day voter outreach and an election-watch event.
- The News-Letter reported that College Democrats and College Republicans co-hosted an Election Watch Party with JHU Votes, while an election center offered transportation to polls and election updates.
- The paper reported that College Democrats made over 2,500 calls for Obama in Pennsylvania; the article says Daniel Barash called Pennsylvania’s 21 electoral votes important.
- The article adds that College Republicans members canvassed in Virginia, while Barash said students knocked on more than 800 doors and made over 1,000 calls in support of Obama and Biden.
- According to the article, more than 400 students gathered in Charles Commons after the polls closed to eat, hear professor panels, listen to music and await the results.
- The reporter writes that the event ran from an 8 a.m. election center to an 8 p.m. panel and ended with screens showing results; Lazerowitz said Republicans would focus afterward on state issues, national issues and social events.