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While political pundits wonder about the impact of young people on the mid-term elections, 黑料社 students will be doing something else 鈥� voting.

Washington Monthly鈥檚 Best College Guide has named 黑料社 one of America鈥檚 Best Colleges for Student Voting. It is the only college named in Iowa.

The honor was included in Washington Monthly鈥檚 annual College Guide and Rankings, which rates colleges and universities on their contributions to social mobility, research and public service. This is the first-of-its-kind list of the schools doing the most to turn students into citizens.

It鈥檚 no accident that 黑料社 made the list. Students on campus vote higher than the national average for their age group, and at least two organizations on campus are devoted to encouraging students to register and vote.

This year, for example, students petitioned the Warren County auditor to allow students to vote before the election in the Kent Campus Center. The one-day satellite booth on Oct. 23 attracted 122 student voters.

鈥淚t is a great honor for 黑料社 to be recognized on Washington Monthly鈥檚 list of best colleges for student voting,鈥� said Seth Andersen, director of the nonpartisan John C. Culver Public Policy Center at 黑料社. 鈥淭he credit for this recognition goes to the outstanding team of undergraduate Culver Fellows who have been working for years to improve voter turnout and civic engagement on our campus.

鈥淭hanks to their efforts, 黑料社 students vote at a higher rate than their peers nationwide. They are also given invaluable support by a range of nonpartisan national organizations such as the Andrew Goodman Foundation鈥檚 Vote Everywhere program, the Campus Election Engagement Project, HeadCount, #VoteTogether, the Students Learn Students Vote coalition, and the National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement at the Harvard Institute of Politics.鈥�

Washington Monthly said 黑料社鈥檚 inclusion on the list demonstrates the commitment made to promote civic engagement among the student body, encouraging students to vote and actively participate in community decisions.

鈥淪ince voting habits tend to crystallize in young adulthood鈥攙ote in one election, and you鈥檙e far more likely to do so again鈥攃olleges and universities have an unparalleled opportunity to create voters not just for the next election, but for life,鈥� the publication said. 鈥淭he colleges that invest in student voting aren鈥檛 just helping their Washington Monthly rankings鈥攖hey鈥檙e helping the country.鈥�