Brown University Example Campus Vote Initiative Program
Providence, Rhode Island
Noting that in the past universities have been content to assign the task of registering voters to undergraduate groups such as the College Democrats or College Republicans, Brown University announced the development of a university policy on participatory citizenship in the electoral arena. Then-interim President Sheila Blumstein wrote to all pre-freshman and all undergraduates about their civic responsibility as voters, and the university offered information about how to register in all 50 states on its web site to help students register in their home state. In addition, the university pledged to provide students with both Rhode Island and national voter registration forms.
