{"id":93235,"date":"2022-11-09T14:50:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=93235"},"modified":"2022-11-09T14:50:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:50:21","slug":"election-season-highlights-umw-students-commitment-to-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/09\/election-season-highlights-umw-students-commitment-to-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Season Highlights UMW Students\u2019 Commitment to Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students at the University of Mary Washington know participation in our democracy is a process, not just something that happens on one Tuesday in November.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93236\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/09\/election-season-highlights-umw-students-commitment-to-democracy\/carl-horkan-votes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1649802495&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2022. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;68&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Carl Horkan votes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Student Carl Horkan voted for the first time and proudly sports the sticker. Paige Shiplett photo.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-93236 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"first-time voter sports the sticker\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Carl-Horkan-votes-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student Carl Horkan proudly sported a first-time voter sticker during UMW\u2019s Day on Democracy. Paige Shiplett photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All fall, they\u2019ve encouraged one another in thoughtful consideration of social and political issues, voter registration, early voting and other meaningful participation in how Americans govern ourselves. So by Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, they were ready to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>They did it in a big way, as UMW held its third annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umwdayondemocracy.org\/\">Day on Democracy<\/a> to support student engagement in society and politics. The event combined volunteer opportunities, a bookmobile visit, information-sharing and games on Campus Walk, plus an election night watch party. A student roundtable featured representatives of several clubs and groups. And Melissa Martinez, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, spoke about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UJaV-z0rYDs\">\u201cCivic Engagement and Human Rights.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/09\\\/election-season-highlights-umw-students-commitment-to-democracy\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/09\/election-season-highlights-umw-students-commitment-to-democracy\/i-voted-stickers-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"487\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93249\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1649801080&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2022. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"I voted stickers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-scaled.jpg?w=730&#038;h=487&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/I-voted-stickers-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"487\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"I voted stickers\" alt=\"I voted stickers\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 487px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Civic duty is its own reward, of course, but it\u2019s also fun to score an \u201cI voted\u201d sticker from your polling place. Paige Shiplett photo. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/09\/election-season-highlights-umw-students-commitment-to-democracy\/d2c461df-4137-486d-99b3-47fca0865658\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93241\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1649800913&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2022. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;48&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-scaled.jpg?w=362&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"D2C461DF-4137-486D-99B3-47FCA0865658\" alt=\"trolley ride to the polls\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW students took advantage of trolley rides to and from their polling place in Fredericksburg. Paige Shiplett photo. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/09\/election-season-highlights-umw-students-commitment-to-democracy\/485c1c37-6f49-4ee3-9f01-2ef1ecb26460\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93240\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1649801234&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2022. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-scaled.jpg?w=362&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"485C1C37-6F49-4EE3-9F01-2EF1ECB26460\" alt=\"Election Day doughnuts\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Even the doughnuts were patriotic (check out the sprinkles!) during the Day on Democracy at UMW. Paige Shiplett photo. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 275px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"275\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/09\/election-season-highlights-umw-students-commitment-to-democracy\/9fe1002a-e57c-4bfb-9ad3-ce3e918c6700\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"271\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"181\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93239\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1649800435&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2022. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;48&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-scaled.jpg?w=271&#038;h=181&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"271\" data-original-height=\"181\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"9FE1002A-E57C-4BFB-9AD3-CE3E918C6700\" alt=\"Tyler Clift&#039;s vote T-shirt\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 181px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW Votes sent its message through T-shirts like this one worn by student Tyler Clift. 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Suzanne Carr Rossi photo. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 275px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"275\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/09\/election-season-highlights-umw-students-commitment-to-democracy\/melissa-white-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"271\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"181\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93248\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Melissa White&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1666965002&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Melissa White&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Melissa White\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-scaled.jpeg?w=271&#038;h=181&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-scaled.jpeg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-680x453.jpeg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-1140x760.jpeg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW012-1-600x400.jpeg 600w\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"271\" data-original-height=\"181\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Melissa White\" alt=\"spinning the swag wheel\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 181px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> There was plenty of swag available at a pre-election event on campus just before Halloween, and Melissa White was happy to spin the wheel to win some. Suzanne Carr Rossi photo. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 275px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"275\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/09\/election-season-highlights-umw-students-commitment-to-democracy\/voteumw039\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"271\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"181\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"93247\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1666969321&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;165&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VoteUMW039\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-scaled.jpeg?w=271&#038;h=181&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-scaled.jpeg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-680x453.jpeg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-1140x760.jpeg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/VoteUMW039-600x400.jpeg 600w\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"271\" data-original-height=\"181\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"VoteUMW039\" alt=\"getting the word out\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 181px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW Votes and other campus groups worked hard all fall to promote voter registration and election participation. Suzanne Carr Rossi photo. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>A chief focus was physically getting student voters to the polls, courtesy of the nonpartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/academics.umw.edu\/communityengagement\/umw-votes\/\">UMW Votes<\/a>. The group sponsored rides on the Fredericksburg Trolley to the city\u2019s Dorothy Hart Community Center, the polling place for students living on campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is great to see so many students voting,\u201d said Sarah Dewees, who works closely with UMW Votes as the director of the Center for Community Engagement. \u201cThis day reflects the culmination of work on the part of many different student groups supporting voter registration this fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It all factored into what UMW first-year student Tonia Attie and Associate Professor of Psychology W. David Stahlman describe in a just-published <em>Forbes<\/em> article as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/civicnation\/2022\/11\/08\/bringing-game-day-energy-to-election-season-on-college-campuses\/?sh=56a305e6b3d9\"> \u201cBringing Game-Day Energy to Election Season on College Campuses.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Students\u2019 civic engagement also recently earned UMW a spot on\u00a0<em>Washington Monthly<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2022\/08\/28\/2022-college-guide-americas-best-colleges-for-student-voting\/\">Best Colleges for Student Voting<\/a>\u00a0honor roll. To make this list, schools must participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/allinchallenge.org\/\">ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge<\/a>; have public data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/idhe.tufts.edu\/nslve\">National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement<\/a>; and have shown a repeated commitment to increasing student voting.<\/p>\n<p>UMW students\u2019 high voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election netted Gold Campus status from ALL IN. The award recognized that between 70 and 79% of students voted in that election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students at the University of Mary Washington know participation in our democracy is a process, not just something that happens on one Tuesday in November. All fall, they\u2019ve encouraged one another in thoughtful consideration of social and political issues, voter registration, early voting and other meaningful participation in how Americans govern ourselves. So by Election [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":93237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[704],"tags":[14866,12271],"topics":[5144],"class_list":{"0":"post-93235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-day-on-democracy","9":"tag-umw-votes","10":"topic-news","11":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Election Season Highlights UMW Students\u2019 Commitment to Democracy - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/09\/election-season-highlights-umw-students-commitment-to-democracy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Election Season Highlights UMW Students\u2019 Commitment to Democracy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Students at the University of Mary Washington know participation in our democracy is a process, not just something that happens on one Tuesday in November. 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