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Democrats, Republicans Rock The Student Vote

It’s a final push to court the college vote as the hours tick down to Election Day. It typically takes a charismatic candidate or heated issue to get students to the polls. This year there is no Howard Dean for this group to rally with, but with two polarizing issues on the ballot, it might be enough to draw them out.

On Monday a nonpartisan get out the vote campaign spent the afternoon camped out on Library mall. It registered more than 4,200 students before the election. On this particular day, it was looking to remind youth voters to get to the polls.