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Interactive Bus Provides Voter Information on Candidates, Issues and Voting Records

As Election Day 2008 draws near, the St. John’s University “PARTICIPATE in ’08” effort continues to engage the University community in important Election Day issues.  Another tangible opportunity to educate and engage students on the candidates and their ideas will occur when the Project Vote Smart Bus makes a stop at both the Queens and Staten Island Campuses of St. John’s University.

Scheduled stops for the Project Vote Smart Bus at St. John’s include:

• Staten Island Campus: Tuesday, October 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Queens Campus: Thursday, October 16, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the Montgoris Dining Hall

“The St. John’s University PARTICIPATE in ’08 effort continues to provide the University community with unique opportunities to learn more about the many important issues that are at stake in this year’s election, as well as information on the candidates who are running for public office,” said Brian Browne, Assistant Vice President for Government Relations at St. John’s University.  “The Project Vote Smart Bus, in a non-partisan manner, will allow all of our students to easily investigate the critical political issues and, more importantly, where the candidates from around the country stand on these issues.”

Project Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes voter information on candidates for public office in the United States.  It serves as a  national library of information on 40,000 candidates at all levels of government.  Using their web site, www.vote-smart.org, Project Vote Smart examines all candidates in six important areas: background information, issues positions, voting records, campaign finances, interest group ratings and speeches and public statements.

For more information on events at St. John’s, please visit the Participate in ’08 website.  For more information on Project Vote Smart, please visit www.votesmart.org.

Media interested in covering events for the “PARTICIPATE in ’08”initiative should contact Elizabeth Reilly, Assistant Director of Media Relations by calling (718) 990-5789 or e-mail inquiries to reillye@stjohns.edu.

Note: The views expressed on the pages of the “PARTICIPATE in ’08” web site and other related activities involving this initiative, DO NOT reflect, in any way, the opinions of St. John’s University, its administrators, faculty and staff. The University is non-partisan and does not support any political party affiliation.