On Election Day, volunteers with Penn Leads the Vote were on hand with voting guides and civic swag for students. Penn President J. Larry Jameson joined the PLTV volunteers and cast his ballot at his campus polling location.
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On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Philadelphia residents took to the polls to cast their votes. On the ballot this Election Day: judges for the state’s three highest courts, District Attorney, City Controller, and election officials. Leading up to Election Day, Penn Leads the Vote (PLTV) worked to register new voters and sign voters up for mail-in ballots. For nearly two decades, PLTV—the University’s student-run, nonpartisan outreach program—has worked to increase voter engagement on campus.
Penn President J. Larry Jameson visited the PLTV tables along Locust Walk, speaking to volunteers who eagerly handed out T-shirts, hats, keychains, and voting guides with handy QR codes to make the voting process for first-time voters easier, and cast his ballot at his campus polling location.
PLTV is active year-round, and works to spread the word about the impact each vote makes in every election, whether it’s for the president or local leaders.
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