{"id":2205,"date":"2007-09-07T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/09\/nmsu-student-government-tries-to-encourage-voting\/"},"modified":"2007-09-07T06:55:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-07T12:55:00","slug":"nmsu-student-government-tries-to-encourage-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/09\/nmsu-student-government-tries-to-encourage-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"NMSU student government tries to encourage voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The student government at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Mexico State University<\/a> is trying to encourage voter registration in advance of the <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> municipal election on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Associated Students of New Mexico State University has added banners to its <a href=\"http:\/\/asnmsu.nmsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web site<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/myspace.com\/gonmsu\" target=\"_blank\">MySpace page<\/a> that link to MTV\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockthevote.com\/rtv_register.php?ms=150200WEBBANNERS02\" target=\"_blank\">Rock the Vote<\/a> campaign to encourage students to register to vote. As the city election approaches, ASNMSU members plan to set up voter registration booths around campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cStudents go to the booth, learn their voter rights, fill out an application, print it and hand it in. That\u2019s our goal,\u201d Lindsey Bilovesky, director of ASNMSU governmental affairs, said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In the past, ASNMSU members scoured the campus as nonpartisan voting advocates, asking students if they had registered or are going to vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cIt won\u2019t be as intrusive this year. We want to just put it out there, get students excited and knowledgeable,\u201d Bilovesky said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Rock the Vote is a national campaign that encourages young people to vote through media promotions, celebrity endorsers and merchandise. The student government is working to incorporate the Rock the Vote logo with its own to apply on banners and T-shirts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For the 2008 presidential election, ASNMSU is working on hosting a political fair with Rock the Vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWe\u2019re hoping to do a large event, invite people from the city, set up booths for different political parties and have MTV\u2019s \u2018Real World\/Road Rules\u2019 come and visit,\u201d Bilovesky said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The student government at New Mexico State University is trying to encourage voter registration in advance of the Las Cruces municipal election on Nov. 6. The Associated Students of New Mexico State University has added banners to its Web site and MySpace page that link to MTV\u2019s Rock the Vote campaign to encourage students to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}