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Lights…camera…register to vote!

Lights…camera…register to vote!

Traditionally, college students have had the lowest voter turnout figures of any voting age group. In the 2010 General Election, Washington’s 18-24 voting age group had only a 40.44 percent turnout, compared to the overall turnout of 71.24 percent. Worse, the 18-24 set made up only about 5 percent of the electorate last November. Even in the historic 2008 General Election, in which Washington voters established a state-record 84.61 percent turnout, the 18-24s had the lowest turnout (68 percent) of…

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A Cougar among Huskies

A Cougar among Huskies

Secretary Reed took part in a video shoot Friday morning with a group of Husky students on the UW campus in Seattle. The video will encourage college students throughout the state to register and vote in this November’s General Election.  We’ll post the video on our website and our blog after it’s finished. Even though the Secretary is a loyal Coug, he and the U-Dubbers got along great during the filming.  The students somehow resisted the urge to crush his…

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