2 Monday, July 21, 2008 The Michigan Daily -.michigandailycom A race to register as, election nears 420 Maynard St. Ann Arhor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com Campus groups plan to target freshmen By TREVOR CALERO Daily Staff Reporter If you've set foot on the Diag these past few weeks, chances are someone armed with a clipboard and pen has asked if you're regis- tered to vote. With the 2008 presidential election closing in, many political organizations have made it a pri- ority to reach out to unregistered voters. As a volunteer for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Damon Dickerson's job is to make Car RepaI~r " Covv0ettLe ?ricles " FR.V 5F cVW %badeztoca.? "*F-a MI ,t owiaed - 30 ( ea rs A O Professional H tomotIle ProAutoTechs.com . R. -( Technicians 734.665.9707 The Driving ossessn AuoRepair sure as many people as possible who aren't currently registered to can cast ballots on Election Day. "The main goal is getting new people registered to vote, get people involved in the political process," Dickerson said. "Their enthusiasm dictates what goes on in this country for all of us." Dickerson starts his day at the Obama campaign office locat- ed at Liberty Street and First Street, where he is assigned to a team of up to S0 people. With voter registration forms in one hand and a pen in the ocher, Dickerson and the other volunteers hit the streets of Ann Arbor, camping outside storefronts, waiting at street corners or going door- to-door. While the Obama campaign has been a visible voter registra- tion force in Ann Arbor, many other student organizations are planning large-scale efforts to register voters in the fall. Nathaniel Eli Coats Styer, chair of the University's chap- ter of College Democrats, said the group is going to start on the very first day of welcome week. "Anywhere there are going to be students, we're going to be regis- tering voters," Styer said. The group plans to focus reg- istration efforts on the residence halls, making sure College Demo- crats members register everyone in their halls, he said. Brady Smith, chair of the Uni- versity's chapter of College Repub- licans, said that one of the group's main goals will be to raise voter "We're an advocacy group," he said. "We're going to sit down and ask these basic questions: Are you registered to voteP Should you change your reg- istrationy Mow does absentee work? There's a lot of confusion with these things." Voice Your Vote, a Michi- gan Student Assembly commis- sion, will continue its efforts to increase student participation in the upcoming election. One of its main initiatives will be reaching outcto freshmen, according to MSA See VOTE, Page 3 EMMARIE HUEMFMAN Edo r he ELAINA BUGLI usinrerManager CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom offiehours: News Tips nes icigandailyso Coerections correctonsr@michigandaily.comr Letters tothetEditoer t~ot,arricigandauty.,,rr PhotographeDepartment ph,,otro~micigedalorm Arts Sectin arspae@mic,5,osdily.s Editorial Page ropiinricigan'daily.com Spots ection ,porr anrirhgndilysrm Display Sales dilydpaytrgmrai.om Classified Sales dailyclassified@gmailtomr Oline Sales tmdonhneOgmri.o Finance tnrrrd35eesmsrrts EDITORIAL STAFF Gary Gra Managing Editor JlieRowee Managing NesEdor ro emchigandaiy.om ASSOCATE EDITOS: ChalesGrg-Geist, Lindy Steve ns,aLnne~Tle Kate Truesdetll Ediri-alPae Editor rsoos os,.sigadaiysossrrsj,,br AndyeReid Managing SporsEditor BrandoneConeadis ManaginrEditr co d i'n chigsd ai y cr Clif eeder Managing PotoEditrs Hilay Rfese 5ninsin Editor Chanelon Habsburg-Lothrnge oMultimendia Eito ,rnntobsbnsrgltiiigentnichgsnaiy.om BreaneMerlos oManagingOnline Editor rrlosnhganaycor Winner will receive two free burritos from Rio Wraps. Try to find the fake advertisement in this week's paper and throughout the month. If you think you've found it, e-mail your name, the page number of the ad and the ad caption to dailydisplay@gmailcomn lsubjett: fake ad tontest). One winner mill be chosen at the end of eath month and will be contacted by e-mail. BUSINESS STAFF Dan Newmn Katie Jozwiak Maissa Gerere Bee Egish Rob Acb Aiso Thomas Display Sles1Manar'r ProdciondManager TheMichiguntoailyIDSND04-96)is pubised Mondaytbroghrdy dueg thefallunduwiter terms by students t the Unuversity of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copes may be picked up at tbelaity's office tor $2. Subscripytionsicr fall term, starting iSeptember, oa ~0.D. malt are $110. Winter ters (January througb Aprit) ic $115, yearlong (Seytember through April) is $195. Universty afiitsare subect to a rendured subscription rate. Or-campus subscriptions tor tal term are $3D. Subscriptons mutt be prepard. The Michigan Dairy is a member of Tbe Assocrated Press and The Associated Collngiate Press.