Northeast student leads campus voter registration push

Northeast Times:

Kaitlyn Tracey, a senior at Neumann University, was on a mission to get her classmates to register to vote in the Nov. 3 election.

Tracey, a Northeast resident and graduate of Archbishop Ryan High School, was named a Democracy Fellow by the Campus Vote Project, an organization that works with universities and election officials to reduce barriers to student voting. The organization’s main goal is to empower students with the information they need to register to vote.

The paid fellowship requires Tracey to work 10-15 hours a week, organizing voting-awareness events and outreach programs. She has already helped to arrange post-debate discussions for Neumann students, staffed voter registration tables at various locations on campus and posted information about voting on social media platforms.

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