Franklin & Marshall College buzzed with political activity on Election Day 2008.
Students lined up for as much as a two-hour wait to vote in the Alumni Sports and Fitness Center. Faculty members volunteered as poll workers to keep the line moving.
Undeterred by the long wait, students skipped classes, missed appointments and waited for their chance to vote. At 11 a.m., the line at ASFC started outside and snaked its way through the lobby, down the hallway to the lower track and onto the basketball courts.
By the end of the day, 1,532 votes were cast at the ASFC. That number also includes about 500 members of the local community, unaffiliated with the College, who voted there.
Of the votes recorded at the ASFC, some 1,000 of those votes came from F&M students, according to Lisa Stillwell, co-chair of the F&M Votes Coalition and deputy College librarian.
"We are so proud of our student voters. This was an amazing turnout and a fabulously successful Election Day," Stillwell said. "We are thrilled with the support from the County Board of Elections and the poll staff at the precinct."
Long and Busy Election Day
“I feel like it was my generation, us, that changed the direction of this election,” Scott said. “We changed the direction of our country.”
