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Tag: student voting


College Park community members debate lowering city voting age to 16

The city hopes lowering the voting age will increase civic engagement with younger residents and create a more inclusive voting environment.
  • Pera Onal
  • February 6, 2025

UMD students wait more than 5 hours to vote at Stamp Student Union

Long lines of voters at this university and polling places at other Maryland universities led to a delay in the release of election results.
  • Sanya Wason
  • November 5, 2024

A voting guide for the 2024 UMD SGA elections

The three tickets in this year’s election are Uplift UMD, Reimagine Maryland and Moment UMD. There are also multiple independent candidates.
  • Lillian Glaros
  • April 17, 2024

Gen Z’s lack of voting could undermine key economic, social justice reforms

Young people are the first line of defense for the future of democracy.
  • Hunter Craig
  • December 11, 2023

UMD reintroduces initiative that allows students to vote on dining hall foods

The initiative allows students to share their food preferences through voting boxes present in this university’s dining halls.
  • Sumaya Abdel-Motagaly
  • November 26, 2023

Make College Park municipal election day a campus holiday

To increase election turnout from student voters, we need to have time and information.
  • Lynelle Essilfie
  • October 6, 2023

International students should be involved in American political efforts

International students are civic-minded. It’s time the university recognizes that.
  • Imaan Shikoh
  • November 17, 2022

16-year-old voters will not fix our democracy. Better educated voters could.

Dropping the voting age will not fix the American democracy.
  • Dalia Mustafa
  • November 16, 2022

UMD professor’s research reveals youth favor protesting over voting

Government and politics professor Stella Rouse found younger generations prefer the immediate satisfaction of protests and boycotting.
  • Freelance Reporter
  • November 14, 2022

College Park should push for ballot boxes on campus

The city should take more action to make student voting more accessible.
  • Dalia Mustafa
  • November 3, 2022
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