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MARLEE:..IN EXACTLY áONE WEEK
- WE'LL HEAD TO THE POLLS.AND
IN MICHIGAN - EXPECT A FULL
BALLOT.WE'LL BE PICKING A NEW
GOVERNOR.AND AFTER ALL IS SAID
AND DONE... á75 PERCENT OF THE
STATE SENATE SEATS IN LANSING
WILL BE áNEW MEMBERS - WHILE
AS MUCH AS 30-PERCENT OF THE
STATE HOUSE WILL BE MADE UP OF
FRESHMEN LAWMAKERS.WE'LL ALSO
BE VOTING ON A U-S SENATE
SEAT, THE STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL ... SECRETARY OF STATE
.. AND SEVERAL PROPOSALS.
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MARLEE:..IT'S BEEN PRETTY
OBVIOUS - MICHIGAN IS IN THE
SPOTLIGHT WITH THESE RACES.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL POLITICAL
HEAVYWEIGHTS MAKE THE TRIP
HERE.PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE STATE
FRIDAY - VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE WAS IN GRAND RAPIDS LAST
NIGHT AND THIS THURSDAY,
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN WILL BE IN LANSING.THEY
ARE ALL HERE RALLYING THEIR
PARTIES TO GET OUT THE VOTE...
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MARLEE:..THIS YEAR'S ELECTION
COULD BE A HISTORIC ONE FOR
áYOUNG VOTERS.A HARVARD
UNIVERSITY POLL, JUST
RELEASED, SUGGESTS THAT
MIDTERM TURNOUT AMONG
MILLENNIAL AND GENERATION Z
VOTERS COULD BE HISTORICALLY
HIGH.
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IT FOUND 40-PERCENT OF PEOPLE
BETWEEN 18 AND 29 SAY THEY
WILL áDEFINITELY VOTE NEXT
WEEK.HISTORICALLY - THAT POLL
OVERESTIMATES ACTUAL YOUTH
TURNOUT, USUALLY BY HIGH
SINGLE DIGITS.BUT EVEN IF ONLY
á22-PERCENT OF THIS AGE GROUP
VOTES - IT WOULD BE THE
HIGHEST MIDTERM TURNOUT FOR
YOUNG VOTERS IN AT LEAST 32
YEARS.
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HEARING THOSE NUMBERS ... IT
IS NO SURPRISE THAT COLLEGE
CAMPUSES AROUND THE COUNTRY
ARE ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO
GET OUT AND VOTE.IN FACT -
THERE ARE THREE COLLEGE
CAMPUSES IN MICHIGAN THAT HAVE
EARNED THE DESIGNATION
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"VOTER FRIENDLY CAMPUS" BY THE
CAMPUS VOTE PROJECT.TWO OF
THOSE ARE HERE IN WEST
MICHIGAN - HOPE COLLEGE AND
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY.
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FOR GVSU - THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN
WORKING HARD TO GET READY FOR
THE MIDTERM ELECTION.EARLIER
THIS YEAR - THE UNIVERSITY
REGISTERED THE MOST STUDENTS
TO VOTE IN ONE DAY IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOBILE
SECRETARY OF STATE UNIT.
TONIGHT - WE BROUGHT IN TWO
PEOPLE FROM GVSU WHO'VE BEEN
PART OF THE PUSH TO GET YOUNG
VOTERS INVOLVED.
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MELISSA BAKER-BOOSAMRA IS THE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT
LIFE, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND
ASSESSMENT.AND ANNA SZALAY IS
A GVSU STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN
CENTRAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
GVSU VOTES!IN THE 2014
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MIDTERM
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ELECTION, GVSU HAD 15% VOTER
TURNOUT ... HOW ARE YOU
WORKING TO INCREASE THAT
NUMBER?
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EELCTIONPRESIDENTIAL BY THE
NEXT VOTER TURNOUT TO A HIGHER
HAS A PLAN TO GET MELISSA -
YOU
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NUMBER?
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MELISSA - YOU
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MENTIONED GVSU MELISSA - YOU
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MENTIONED GVSU HAS A PLAN TO
GET TO A HIGHER VOTER TURNOUT
BY THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION
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MARLEE:..
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FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS - THEY
MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT
TO THEIR HOMETOWN ON ELECTION
DAY TO VOTE.THERE IS STILL
TIME TO FILL OUT AN ABSENTEE
BALLOT.
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YOU'LL NEED TO GO TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE
AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.I
TWEETED A LINK TO MAKE IT
EASIER FOR YOU TO FIND IT.ONCE
THAT APPLICATION IS FILLED OUT
- IT MUST BE RECEIVED BY YOUR
CITY OR TOWNSHIP CLERK BY THIS
SATURDAY AT 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.
REMEMBER - YOU DO NEED TO BE A
REGISTERED VOTER IN ORDER TO
REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
ONCE YOU GET YOUR BALLOT - IT
NEEDS TO BE RETURNED TO YOUR
CLERK'S OFFICE BY 8 O'CLOCK ON
ELECTION NIGHT.áá
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MARLEE:..THEN ON ELECTION
NIGHT, MAKE SURE YOU WATCH
WOOD TV.WE WILL HAVE CREWS ALL
ACROSS THE STATE, COVERING ALL
OF THE BIG RACES.AS SOON AS
THE RESULTS START COMING IN,
WELL BRING THEM TO YOU LIVE ON
AIR AND ON WOOD TV DOT COM.
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