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From: Nigel.Allen@lambada.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Robert Redford Urges 18-29 Year Olds to be "Swing Vote"
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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 19:11:16 GMT
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Here is a press release from Campus Green Vote.

 Robert Redford Urges 18-29 Year Olds to be "Swing Vote"
 To: National Desk, Environment Writer
 Contact: Brian Trelstad of Campus Green Vote, 202-667-3117

   WASHINGTON, Oct. 29   -- With the latest CNN/USA Today
tracking poll of likely voters showing a 2-point difference
between Bush and Clinton, the preferences of younger voters, who are
not considered "likely" voters by polling firms, takes on enormous
importance.
   Robert Redford and the popular band Blues Traveller are urging
18-29 year-olds to get out the vote this week as part of Campus Green
Vote's national campaign to turn out more than 100,000 young voters
on election day.
   "You've organized and registered your peers in record numbers,"
Redford said in a public service announcement (PSA) playing this week
over 700 college radio stations.  "The candidates are listening to
you, they're paying attention.  Let your voice continue to build in
your quest to protect your future.  Bring it full circle and send a
deafening roar on election day."
   To ensure high eco-voter turnout this election year Campus Green
Vote has just launched its "Get Out the Green Vote" drive on campuses
and in communities across the nation.  Campus Green Vote is
organizing phonebanking and canvassing efforts and is going
door-to-door to urge eco-voters to pledge their intent to make it to
the polls on Nov. 3.
   "If you're like most young people today you're deeply concerned
about protecting the environment...voting is the most effective way
we have of effecting real change," said Mr. Popper of Blues
Traveller.
   "This year there's one simple thing people can do to save the
earth: vote!" said Brian Trelstad, director of Campus Green Vote, a
national organization dedicated to reversing the historically low
voter turnout among 18-30 year olds.  With the final registration
totals just in, Campus Green Vote announced today that its voter
drive has registered 107,704 eco-voters at 180 schools in 27 states
as part of its national effort to involve young environmentalists in
the 1992 elections.
   To boost turnout nationwide, Campus Green Vote is working in
coalition with Rock the Vote, the United States Student Association,
NARAL Campus Organizing Project, the Center for Policy Alternatives
and the ADA Education Fund.
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