October 07, 2008
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.