Registration of voters a huge success

Tuesday and Wednesday, more than 200 people made an important decision.

They registered to vote at the drive sponsored by the Women's Studies Student Association.

To be honest, we are shocked, but pleased, with the number of new voters. College students are not known for being a large voting group. In fact, 18-to 24-year-olds consistently have the lowest voter turnout.

So, we commend the Women's Studies Student Association for successfully recruiting more than 200 new voters.

But, the association did not simply stick forms in people's faces to try to get as many people to register as possible.

The group also had several speakers who talked about issues in this year's elections that affect students-taxes, the environment and education.

Now the challenge is getting the newly registered voters to actually exercise their rights in the Nov. 7 election, not to mention the rest of their lives.