Students volunteering with the New Voters Project at Rutgers Newark hosted a Voter Demo Day on October 11. Essex county has recently switched to using electronic voting machines so Rutgers students invited the Division of Elections on campus with the new machines. Workers from the Division of Elections taught NJPIRG volunteers how to use the machine and how to teach others. After alittle training, the volunteers were ready to run the show, teaching over 60 students how to vote on the new electronic machines. The Voter Demo Day allowed students an opportunity to pick up absentee ballots, have voting questions answered, and most importantly register to vote. 57 students were registered October 11 bringing the total at Newark up to 368 registrations.
