Minnesota State College Student Association surpasses voter registration goal

On October 14 the voter registration deadline in Minnesota passed. College students have done a stunning job of registering both their fellow students and community members. Thanks to the amazing efforts on campus, the student association has more than doubled the goal of 4,000 voter contacts.

MSCSA was very excited to have Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to present the MSCSA Voter Cups to the winning campuses.

One award was given to the campus with the largest total of voter contacts. The other cup was awarded to the campus with the highest percentage of their FYE contacted, read more here.

Thanks to the efforts MSCSA registered 4,329 new student voters and 4,006 students who were already registered, pledged to vote. This provides a total of 8335 student voter contacts.
Here are the winning campuses.

Highest Number or Contacts:
Inver Hills Community College 1432
Century College 1225
Normandale Community College 1188

Highest Percentage of FYE Contacted:
Anoka Technical College-58.6%
Ridgewater College-Hutchinson-46.0%
Inver Hills Community College-44.5%

Beyond these numbers a couple other campuses deserve mention for their engagement efforts.
MSCTC-Detroit Lakes has held 3 candidate forums and has worked with several community organizations to keep the campus child care center open for parents who wished to attend the event.

Vermillion Community College registered 10% of the population of the city of Ely. Campuses have done many great and amazing things that we will work to chronicle as the election approaches. Keep checking the MSCSA Civic Engagement page for updates during the election.

For more pictures from the Fall Leadership Conference, click here.