Rutgers–Newark Wins State Competition for Campus Voter Registration
December 21, 2023
For the second year in a row, Rutgers-Newark has won the New Jersey Ballot Bowl, a statewide non-partisan voter registration and engagement competition led by and for students.
RU-N was the champion among similar-sized campuses. The bowl is divided into three conferences based on student population size. It counts not only the number of voter registrations but also the number of students who pledge to vote on election day.
It’s no surprise that RU-N was victorious, said Isnard Mir-Merced, a program coordinator for community engagement with the Office of Student Life and Leadership. Rutgers-Newark has won the bowl since 2018, only breaking its streak in 2021, a pandemic year.