First of a couple needed updates...
Fall Statistics
>4,809 UO students registered to vote
>6,596 UO students registered since the primaries
>1 time I told the Emerald Board of Editors off for trying to compare us to 2004 numbers (which we nearly beat anyway,) and telling the public we weren't educating students. Idiots.
>22,000 students registered to vote statewide
>2.5 straight months of work and minimal sleep
>2 is the number of friends who have confirmed their votes not being counted. Ps they filled their ballots out with me!!!
>15 very early morning class raps
>5 actually good class raps that resulted in the large lecture hall applauding. That was cool.
>1 time I was asked when I was running for President by a Journalism Professor after I spoke to his class.
>17,000 Oregon Student Association voter guides distributed statewide.
>4,000 of those handed out at U of O
>5,000 Get out the Vote phone calls made at the U of O
>43% is the increase we saw in youth voter turn out in West University precinct 1313 as compared to 2002
>18 full voter education presentations on all the confusing ballot initiatives at U of O
>2, THE 2 candidates in Eugene the Bus Project supported won. "You are welcome Senator Walker and Representative elect Edwards. Love the Student Vote Coalition."
>1 meeting with the Governor's Advisor on Education
>11.2% increase for Education in the Governor's budget.
>8 billion to Education
>120 million to the Oregon University System
>188 million = what we asked for. Eh what are you going to do?
Statistics I'd rather not know
# of times I was asked "are you the vote girl?"
# of hours of sleep from September to November 7.
# of students I personally registered to vote
# of class presentations ("raps") I gave in 3 weeks
# of times I made an ass of myself to the media
# of uninformed, grammatically incorrect, unfair Emerald articles I laughed at
# of drinks I consumed on the registration deadline and election night. Thank you, though, to all who contributed.
# of times I pulled a suitcase all across campus rushing from home to the ASUO office to the Debate office.
# of times I manipulated/encouraged/persuaded individuals to volunteer for me.
Needless to say it has been a long fall and I am thankful for the winter.
posted by Emily @ 3:50 PM
4 Comments:
It'll be good to have you back in the real world... Miss you. Where was my call?!
When are you getting home? I need an Emily fix :)
You rock, Em! I'm so proud of you! As for stamps..no idea. Still, feel free to write me anytime, I promise to write back! :-)
Ah, Emily. Way to spread the democracy around. I am sure that you did everything you could, and then some. Congrats!!
p.s. you should e-mail me some pics of your flat. I would love to see what you've done with the place.
BTW, I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this to you, but your efforts on voter registration rocked! I've bragged about you and the bus project's student registration efforts to several people since the election. Way to make a real a noticable impact!
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