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During the 2018-2019 academic year, Campus Compact for Wisconsin (CCWI) partnered with Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP), a national, nonpartisan organization, to increase student voter engagement.
In-person absentee voting for the April 2 spring election is March 25-28 at three sites on campus. Offices on the ballot include Madison mayor, Madison city council and school board seats, and a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat.
In-person absentee voting for the Feb. 19 spring primary election starts next week at three sites on campus: Union South, Memorial Union, UW–Madison Student Activity Center.
UW–Madison students turned out in force for the midterm elections Tuesday, culminating a year-long voter-turnout competition with other Big Ten schools. The winners of the Big Ten Voting Challenge won’t be known until August 2019, but it generated a lot of excitement and civic involvement. “It has been truly motivating to see the enthusiasm of students …
Almost 2,000 people voted in-person absentee at UW–Madison campus voting locations last week, Oct. 22-26. But don’t worry if you’re not one of them: Early voting continues this week through Friday, Nov. 2. Madison residents can early vote at the Student Activity Center from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Union South from noon-6 p.m., and …
In an initiative to educate students and encourage early voting, UW–Madison is holding VoteFest, a weeklong series of events to engage students with resources about voting. VoteFest aims to empower students to become more civically educated with the hope that they will carry that habit with them after they graduate. In addition, a major goal …
It’s National Voter Registration Day today and we’re celebrating by preparing for the Big Ten Voting Challenge — a competition between the Big Ten institutions to promote civic engagement by mobilizing voter registration and turnout. But before students can get to the polls this November, they’ll have to register to vote. In honor of National …