ASUC External Affairs Vice President Shahryar Abbasi spent the week leading up to last week’s election working from 7 a.m. to midnight to make sure UC Berkeley students were informed on Election Day. One of the pieces of legislation on which Abbasi worked tirelessly to educate students was Proposition 30, Read More…
A small group of students and community members gathered on Sproul Plaza Friday afternoon to rally against the United States Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision. Read More…
Ten members of the UC Berkeley chapter of CalPIRG rallied in front of Sather Gate Thursday against the building of a controversial oil pipeline that would transport oil from Canada to the US. Read More…
The UC Berkeley chapter of CalPIRG organized a rally Thursday to raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts on the one-month anniversary of the storm. Read More…
Campus organizations are making a final effort to ensure that students know where to cast their votes Tuesday. Read More…
Over the course of an almost six-month-long voter registration campaign, the ASUC Vote Coalition registered more than 8,000 students to vote, officials announced Wednesday — thousands fewer than their original goal. As of Wednesday, the nonpartisan coalition housed in the ASUC Office of the External Affairs Vice President had registered Read More…
By the time the next presidential election comes around, California should see significantly higher turnout among student voters. Through some landmark legislation, the state took remarkable steps toward easing restrictions on voting. A system for online voter registration was launched last Wednesday as the result of a previously passed state Read More…
Just last Wednesday, a system was launched that allows Californians to register to vote online for the first time. Anyone who cares about hearing the voices of young people in our democracy should celebrate this action. Online registration will make voting more accessible for everyone. Youth, however, will likely see Read More…
A voter registration drive and rally near Sather Gate on Tuesday aimed to publicize California’s new online voter registration system and to register new voters.
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Californians can now register to vote from their computers, thanks to an online voter registration system launched Wednesday Read More…