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Wisconsin ratified the 26th Amendment which guaranteed all Americans aged 18 and older the right to vote. This massively increased the number of eligible voters on the UW-Madison campus. 1*
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The UW-Madison chapter of Young Progressives was founded to organize and empower young people to vote. 2*
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The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge was established to encourage student participation in elections across the United States. ALL IN organized challenges in 19 states. 3,4* -
UW-Madison joined the Big Ten Voting Challenge on Sept. 19. 5*
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The Big Ten Voting Challenge Committee became BadgersVote following the midterm elections and merged with other UW-Madison campus organizations dedicated to elections and student voting. 6,7* -
In Wisconsin, 41% of votes were cast through absentee by mail-in ballots, with many using drop boxes to deliver their ballots. This compares to 46% of all 2020 voters who cast their ballots by mail or absentee methods. 8,9* -
UW-Madison students turned out to vote in record breaking numbers via mail-in absentee ballots, early voting and at the polls on Election Day. The voting rate was 72.8%. 10,11* -
UW-Madison was honored by ALL IN for having the highest student voter registration and voter turnout among four-year colleges in Wisconsin. 12*
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College Republicans, the only certified Republican student organization on the UW-Madison campus, debated the College Democrats on April 14, 2021 to engage UW students in politics. 13*
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The Wisconsin state Supreme Court upholds a ban on drop boxes for the 2022 spring primary in a vote of 4-3. The ban occurred in response to a lawsuit brought forth by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. This will impact many voters who relied on drop boxes in 2020. 14*
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1: [https://morgridge.wisc.edu/2021/06/29/badgersvote-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-wisconsins-ratification-the-26th-amendment/]
2: [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-young-progressives-of-uw-madison/about/]
3: Photo courtesy of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Website
4: [https://allinchallenge.org/about/our-history/]
5: [https://morgridge.wisc.edu/2017/09/19/uw-madison-joins-in-big-ten-voting-challenge/] -
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6: Photo Courtesy of the BadgersVote Facebook
7: [https://morgridge.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/11/NSLVE-Report-2020-UW-Madison.pdf]
8: Photo Courtesy of the City of Madison Website
9: [https://www.aclu-wi.org/en/press-releases/wisconsin-election-protection-report-shows-marked-improvement-between-april-and]
10: Photo Courtesy of the Morgridge Center for Public Service
11: [https://morgridge.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/11/NSLVE-Report-2020-UW-Madison.pdf]