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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Ballot drop box outside of the Boston Public Library entrance on Boylston Street. This will be the first election many college students are eligible to vote in. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Everything to know about voting as a student this November

Katrina Scalise September 16, 2024
More than 8 million potential first-time voters will be eligible to vote in the 2024 election, many of them being out-of-state college students. Here are some voting options for in- and out-of-state Boston students.
The City of Boston polling locations webpage. Multiple polling locations in the Boston University area reported low in-person voter turnout on Tuesday. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Lack of in-person voter turnout at state primary prompts questions about uninformed voters, November excitement around Boston

Lauren Albano September 3, 2024
Early in-person and mail-in ballot turnout saw a major increase this year for the Massachusetts State Primary. However, polling locations in the Boston University area saw low in-person voter turnout on primary day.
Blue Cross Blue Shield will offer free two-hour Bluebike passes on Nov. 3 in its Bike to Vote campaign dedicated to helping Boston residents get to the polls. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

Bluebikes to provide free rides on Election Day

Samuele Petruccelli October 26, 2020
Free access will be available at more than 300 bike stations in and around Boston.
Boston resident Travis Hasley picks up a ballot at the Boston Public Library. City Council unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday that would oppose President Donald Trump’s proposal to have federal Secret Service agents patrolling polling locations during the November elections. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/ DFP FILE PHOTO

City Council opposes move to add Secret Service members to polling locations

Naomi Shah March 18, 2018
City Council unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday that would oppose President Donald Trump’s proposal to have federal Secret Service agents patrolling polling locations during the November elections. The bill was proposed by Josh Zakim, a city councilor who represents neighborhoods like Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway and Kenmore Square. He called Trump’s action “an outrageous scare tactic, meant only to intimidate people.”
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