 College-aged Americans in general may be characterized by political apathy, but Case students are some of the most civically engaged. The Race at Case gives them just one more reason to take a stand, speak out and cast their ballots.
Student Vice Presidential Conventions and Debate
Case students will experience participatory democracy firsthand when they are joined by their peers from the nations' elite universities and together engage in student political conventions—at which they must decide on their own political platforms—and a student debate.
The debate is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and registration is required for all attendees except Case students. Follow the preceding link for registration and further information regarding the student vice presidential debate.
Case for Community Day
The Case Western Reserve University community will mount one of many Race at Case-related voter registration drives during the university's second campus-wide Case for Community service day on September 15.
On Case for Community day faculty, staff, students and alumni will volunteer their time—painting houses, working with local schools and registering voters—throughout the community.
To get involved, visit the Case for Community web site.
Public Demonstration
General Discussion Area
Students and community groups who wish to speak out on social or political issues can share a soap box in the Race at Case's general discussion area from 4 - 11 p.m. Tuesday, October 5, at the Kelvin Smith Library Oval.
Registration is required to participate in the general discussion area. Additional information and online registration will be found on the Ways to Get Involved: Demonstate page.
Rally—Medical Students Demanding Health Care Reform
A rally to join in calling upon our nation's leaders to address the health care crisis will take place Tuesday, October 5, 2004 beginning at 3:30 p.m. on the steps of the Biomedical Research Building, next to University Hospitals. Participation is limited to the Case Medical School community.
Find out more at Ways to Get Involved: Demonstate
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Voter Registration
Register on Campus
To make sure you are ready to cast a ballot in November, Case is mounting several voter registration drives around the Race at Case, including one during the Student Activities Fair from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Kelvin Smith Library and one on Case for Community day. Details on Case for Community are at http://www.cwru.edu/events/cfc/
Students also can register to vote through Case's Office of Government Relations at http://www.cwru.edu/pubaff/govrel/. Ohio voter registration forms are available at the office in room 628 of Nord Hall. For more information, call 216-368-1723.
Register Online
Several other organizations offer voter registration forms online. Here are just a few. Simply fill out, print, sign and mail in your registration.
Please note: These organizational links are offered for the convenience of voter registration. Case does not endorse political viewpoints that may be expressed at these sites.
Federal Election Commision Web site (links to PDF).
This site contains a detailed form.
The following two sites allow you to electronically indicate your state, which partially fills in the form.
Voteloud.org
Rock the Vote.com
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Debate Watches
Not everyone can be in the hall during the actual vice presidential debate, but there are better ways to experience the Race at Case than at home alone.
Community and Staff Debate Watch
The Alumni, Staff and Cleveland Community Debate Watch will take place at the Peter B. Lewis building beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 5. Over 500 attendees are expected at the event, which will include an interactive faculty panel that will discuss issues likely to be brought up at the debate. The format will include questions posed by both live and remote audiences in the building, as well as people participating via live streaming on the World Wide Web. The panel will feature experts in the fields of health care, national security, campaigning and the electoral process, and the economy. After the panel discussion, attendees will watch the vice presidential debate at the Peter B. Lewis building.
Registration and more information for this event will be found using this link
Regional Alumni Debate Watches
Case's international network of more than 100,000 alumni will be gathering in local chapters to watch the vice presidential debate and share their reactions about the Race at Case.
Registration and more information for these watches will be found using this link.
Host your own Debate Watch
DebateWatch is a voter education program of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). DebateWatch brings citizens together to watch the televised debates, talk about what they have learned and, if they choose, share their reactions with the CPD.
Ideas and tips for hosting your own Debate Watch can be found at the CPD site: http://www.debates.org/pages/dwoverview.html.
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