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Victory for Students

November 4th was a victory for students across this country. Youth across the country turned out to vote, and made the deciding vote in many important swing states.
In Colorado, students voted down Amendment 46, which would eliminate crucial equal opportunity programs across the state.
This amendment is just the start of a new focus on higher education and student friendly legislation.
Click here to read more about the youth vote and amendment 46.

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Where do we go now?

It's all over. After all the voter registrations, voter education and get out the vote work; after the pundits and projections, it's all finally over. Election Day has passed and the American people have selected their new President and Congress.
In the light of the outstanding turn out of youth voters USSA wonders where do we go from here? What is the future for the youth movement and students in America. USSA discusses the future of our country in Now It's Up To Us.

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USSA Fall 2008 Newsletter is here!

From addressing the concerns of student lenders in this credit crises to running a national get out the vote campaign, USSA has been very busy. Read the full story of whats is happening on campus and on Capitol Hill in USSA's Fall 2008 Newsletter.

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Over 100,000 New Student Voters

In a matter of days American's will devide the future of this country. And on November 4th students will turn out to polls in record numbers, electing higher education friendly officials to the local, state, and national levels.
A few days ago, the last major voter registration deadline passed in California and our member state affiliate, the University of California Student Association catapulted us over our voter registration goal by registering an astounding 40,009 students to vote. On the UC Santa Barbara campus alone they registered over 10,200 students. In Minnesota, USSA's state affiliate of community colleges doubled their voter registration goal and at the campus of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University they registered nearly 5,000 students to vote.
After all the dust settled from voter registration the USSA staff in DC combined all the impressive organizing within USSA's network and we are happy to report that in 2008 we registered over 110,000 students to vote! 100,000 of them were registered in 100 days.
With voter registration deadlines behind us, campuses are turning their attention to voter education and get out the vote efforts. Click here for more stories from some of the campuses we have worked with this election season.

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