New Jersey Lt. Governor Tahesha Way encouraged college and university students across the state to register and commit to vote during the seventh annual State of New Jersey Ballot Bowl Kick-Off event held on September 17—National Voter Registration Day—on campus.
“I want to shout out the students and staff who are showing up here for democracy,” said Lt. Gov. Way to an overflowing audience in the University Commons Ballrooms. “Our elections in New Jersey are consequential and I want you to be informed voters.”
Way, who also serves as New Jersey’s Secretary of State, established the annual statewide nonpartisan voter registration and engagement competition. Collegiate-based teams compete to see who can register the most voters and obtain the most commitments to vote based on their campus size.