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Voter registration in full force at campuses

OH (10/5/2008)

http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20081001/UPDATES01/81001013/-1/newsfront2

With Monday’s deadline for voter registration nearing, and absentee voting in full force, political campaigns and nonpartisan groups on college campuses have been pushing to register voters in Ohio and get them to the polls early.

…Director Laurel Kennedy said the center received an Ohio Campus Compact grant this year to promote voting.

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