The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Student Government Association (SGA) is taking a lead in the New Voters Project, a nationwide nonpartisan youth voter registration campaign taking place in six states. The project is headed by the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management in Washington, D.C. and state public interest research groups, including the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group in Madison, www.wispirg.org

The project is supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The key objective is to register more than 260,000 18-24 year-olds in the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, New Mexico and Nevada.

Erin Fay, SGA legislative director, is coordinating the campuswide effort. In addition, the project has appointed a campus coordinator, Monica Groves, to work with SGA throughout the year to the November 2004 election.

According to the New Voters Project Web site ( www.newvotersproject.org ), they hope to not only register thousands of voters but also make direct contact with a minimum of 500,000 young people in these six states in the final weeks before the November election. This is a nonpartisan effort with 60 college campuses being targeted in the six states. Partners to the New Voters Project include MTV, Rock The vote, Campus Compact (UWSP is a partner here as well), Youth Vote, Cast The Vote, Campaign For Young Voters and World Wrestling Entertainment and Hip Hop Summit Action Network.

For more information on UWSP�s role in the New Voters Project, contact Erin Fay at efay316@uwsp.edu, or call 715-346-4592.