Sweetened by free scoops of ice cream, voter registration drives across campus provided support to hundreds of newly eligible students seeking to participate in November's elections.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] - "Excuse me, are you registered to vote?"
Anyone walking across the Brown University campus on Tuesday, Sept. 17, likely heard those words as students with Brown Votes - a nonpartisan, University-wide initiative committed to cultivating participation in the nation's democratic process - canvassed the College Green in celebration of National Voter Registration Day.
The offer to register eligible voters was sweetened by free ice cream, which proved a smart move on a warmer-than-usual September afternoon.
In addition to handing out more than 500 scoops of Ben & Jerry's new "Churn Out the Vote" flavor, volunteers with Brown Votes connected with over 1,000 students, collected hundreds of paper voter registration and absentee ballot request forms, and provided support for students who preferred to complete those processes online.
