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Rhode Island College rocks the vote
1:04AM ON
11/28/2007
BY
Ari
Tuesday evening, local big-wigs lined up to pitch their candidates to college students and political observers at the RIC primary.
Wednesday, the civic jubilation continues at RIC with a day of faux-voting, registration, action, panel discussions, and pizza.
7:00am-5:00pm – STUDENT UNION LOBBY & ALGER HALL Room 110
RIC Presidential Primary Voting & VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVEStudents will be encouraged to register to vote in the next election and will try out the ballot box when they cast their votes for their favorite candidate in the “RIC 2008 Presidential Primary.”
12:30pm – ALGER HALL Room 110
Rhode Island Premier of the Documentary Film, Running in High HeelsRunning in High Heels follows the last months of one woman’s run for office. Interviews with notable women from the left and right discuss both the problems and the rewards of women’s involvement in the electoral process.
3:00pm – ALGER HALL Room 110
The Elections Race: Why Women Need to Run (and Win)Moderator: Michelle Brophy-Baermann, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Panelists: Sandy Barone, former member of R.I. House of Representatives; Kathleen Connell, former R.I. Secretary of State; Hollie Courage, President of League of Women Voters of Rhode Island; Susan A. Story, Deputy Minority Leader, RI House of Representatives; Jennifer Lawless, Democratic candidate in 2006 R.I Congressional Primary; Myrth York, Democratic Party candidate for RI Governor4:30pm – ALGER HALL Room 110
Pizza party for voters, sponsored by RIC Political Science Club5:00pm – ALGER HALL Room 110
RIC Primary Results: Secretary of State Ralph Mollis will announce the results of the RIC Primary6:00pm – ALGER HALL Room 110
Politics and the College Student: How Do We Rock the Vote?Moderator: Brian Hull, RIC Student and President of Political Science Club
Panelists: Edwin R. Pacheco, R.I. House of Representatives, primary sponsor of assembly bill to pre-register youth to vote; Ari Savitzky, R.I. Director of FairVote; David Segal, R.I. House of Representatives and formerly youngest serving member of Providence City Council; John Della Volpe, Director of Polling at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics
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November 29th, 2007 at 10:31AM
Chris Barnett Says:
The results of Rhode Island College’s mock presidential primary are in.
Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis announced the winning candidates shortly after the polls closed Wednesday afternoon. Barack Obama won the Democratic vote with 40.8 percent, and Rudolph Giuliani scored highest for the Republicans with 34.7 percent.
A total of 540 RIC students voted in the daylong primary.
Ballots and voting booths for the primary were provided by the Secretary of State’s Office and the Board of Elections.
Complete voting results for all candidates are as follows:
Democrats
Joe Biden 2.8%
Hillary Rodham Clinton 39.3%
Chris Dodd 0.5%
John Edwards 8.8%
Mike Gravel 0.5%
Dennis Kucinich 6.6%
Barack Obama 40.8%
Bill Richardson 0.7%
Republicans
Rudolph Giuliani 34.7%
Mike Huckabee 7.6%
Duncan Hunter 0.8%
Alan Keyes 1.7%
John McCain 16.1%
Ron Paul 12.7%
Mitt Romney 18.6%
Tom Tancredo 0.8%
Fred Thompson 6.8%
78.1 percent of students voted for a Democrat in the primary; 21.9 percent voted Republican.
Voter registration also took place at the two polling places on campus, which were located in the Student Union and Alger Hall.
“The turnout and enthusiasm of our students is most encouraging for the upcoming 2008 presidential election. In addition, many of our students were able to register to vote at the RIC primary and get a jumpstart on the electoral process,” said Jane Fusco, RIC spokesperson.
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