Vote 2020: Getting Involved in the 2020 Election

In this fight for American democracy, the VOTE 2020 initiative at NYU Wagner has three goals: (1) to encourage everyone in the NYU community to vote, (2) to enable community members to find volunteer opportunities to ensure greater voter engagement across the country, (3) to fund students to work for non-partisan, get-out-the-vote operations.

Luisa Portugal sits down with Professor Erica Foldy and the Vote 2020 Cohort, represented by NYU Wagner MPA candidates’ Alexis Richards and Abe Nelson, to discuss their efforts during the presidential election , the Vote2020 Fellowship and how students can get involved with the program.

Transcript

[0:00] Introduction by Tiffany Rose Miller, Editor-in-Chief of NYU Wagner Review

[00:45] Erica Foldy, an NYU Wagner professor, discuss Vote 2020’s initiative efforts,

[1:18] Luisa Portugal begins moderating, first question ask how Vote 2020 was started,

[3:12] Alexis Richards and Abraham Nelson, Co-Directors of VOTE 2020, discuss their involvement with the initiative,

[6:30] Alexis and Abe discuss how NYU students can get involved with election efforts,

[12:46] Things to know when voting by mail.