Calling young voters
Tim Nelson, general counsel for Governor Napolitano, encourages young adults to get out and vote. He is joined by student leaders from Arizona State University at Tempe and ASU West, including (from left) Jessi Pederson, Ross Meyer, Imran Kirkland and Isaac Kimes.

A student group representing all three state universities aims to get more college-age adults registered to vote and at the polls come Nov. 7.
Members of the Arizona Student Vote Coalition discussed their plans at a press conference at the Capitol on Oct. 3. The student group is composed of the Arizona Students Association, Arizona Public Interest Research Group, and the state’s university student governments.
The group hopes to educate and register thousands of Arizona students before the Oct. 9 registration deadline, with the long-term goal of turning out more than 10,000 students to the polls in November.
The Coalition’s registration efforts are concentrated on reaching students at Northern Arizona University, the University of Arizona and all three campuses of Arizona State University.
In 2002, only 11 percent of 18-24 year olds cast their vote, while 54 percent of those older than 25 cast theirs.
This disparity has caused politicians to prioritize the issues of the voting majority, the group says. By working to decrease the gap, the Arizona Student Vote Coalitions will try to draw attention to the concerns of younger voters.