University students will have the opportunity Nov. 4 to take a University Transit Service bus to two Charlottesville polling stations.
“I think this is a great opportunity because the way it looks now, classes will not be cancelled on Election Day, said Marta Cook, chair of the Center for Politics Student Voter Registration Coalition and former Cavalier Daily Opinion columnist. “This will be the quickest and cheapest way for students to get out there and vote.”
The University Alumni Association, as well as several other University sources that wish to remain anonymous, have agreed to provide funding for one UTS chartered bus, set to run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Cook said.
“There has been a lot of concern about the length of lines,” Cook said, noting with this service, voters can go to the polls “any time of the day, rather than only one time when someone can give them a ride. This may give them chances for them to go to the polls at less trafficked times — times that will probably have shorter lines at the polls.”
The charter bus will start at the Alderman Road residences, then stop at the McCormick Road residences and at the University Chapel bus stop before taking students to the two polling locations, Alumni Hall and University Hall, Cook said.
“This is all done through UTS, and we’re basically trying to hit the high-volume areas of where students are located and taking them to the two main polling locations in Charlottesville,” Cook said.
—compiled by Alexandra Hemenway
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