Pokes Vote!

Welcome UW Students to the Pokes Vote Homepage!

Pokes Vote is a non-partisan cooperative campaign at the University of Wyoming focused on maximizing student civic engagement and leadership development through voter education, registration and turn-out. Pokes Vote is committed to honesty, fairness and the relentless effort to get college-aged students engaged in their democratic community by voting.

Vision - To institutionalize Pokes Vote at the University of Wyoming ensuring a long term commitment to student civic engagement and leadership development through student involvement in the American political process, and to make the students of the University of Wyoming a vital and outspoken portion of the Wyoming electorate. 

Pokes Vote Goals-

• Have the voter turnout at the American Heritage Center (AHC) polling place match the State of Wyoming voter turnout in the 2004 General Election (which was 65%).
• Register 85% of UW students as voters
• Make 20,000 contacts over the course of the Pokes Vote campaign.
• Complete 1,500 volunteer hours over the course of the campaign.
• Have appearances by all candidates running for federal office on-campus discussing issues important to students.
• Have local media coverall at all major Pokes Vote events.
• Give access to all UW students the University of Wyoming Student Voter Guide.

Last Updated on 8/22/2008 2:39:23 PM