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The Associated Students of the University of Arizona recently implemented Turbo Vote, an aspect to its semesterlong campaign intended to engage UA students in voting in the upcoming elections and make registration an easier process. This attempt to make registration easier essentially walks the person registering through the general form — but online, instead of with paper and pen . The information is then sent to the local election office for the individual. ASUA hosted a Gubernatorial forum on Sunday, which was the first event to start off “Our Voice, Our Vote,” a campaign aiming to educate students at the UA about the upcoming elections. ASUA is working to make
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Fast Facts Tweet of the day “@DailyWildcat @Jo_Fish Not me! I’m going to duck out on this one. #DuckDucey @DougDucey #AZGov #OurVoiceOurVote @ASUATODAY” —@DuckDucey A parody Twitter account on GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey’s decision to skip Sunday night’s forum
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ASUA SEN. Joe Zanoni, a political science junior, asks Morgan Abraham, previous ASUA president and a 2014 UA graduate in engineering management, if he is registered to vote, outside of the Gubernatorial Candidate Forum at Centennial Hall on Sunday. Zanoni will be running a voter registration booth on the UA Mall for the next two weeks.
There were many empty seats in Centennial Hall during the Gubernatorial Candidates Forum as Arizona candidates discussed their ideas on Arizona governance before the midterm elections this November. This was the kick-off event for the year-long ASUA “Our Voice, Our Vote” campaign. Candidates present included Libertarian candidate Barry Hess, Democratic candidate Fred DuVal and Americans Elect candidate John Mealer. Doug Ducey, Republican candidate for Arizona governor, was not in attendance at the forum. He declined the invitation from the Associated Students of the University of Arizona due to “scheduling conflicts,” according to ASUA President Issac Ortega. His absence was apparent to all candidates. The gubernatorial candidates spoke extensively on state issues, including how to help education in Arizona, fix issues regarding the border in Southern Arizona, and mend the economic difficulties the state has been dealing with. Additionally, they gave their opinions on legalizing cannabis and hemp use in Arizona. Candidates each got a 90-second opening statement, one minute to answer questions, It’s time one minute to start to answer funding f o l l ow - u p our questions and a schools 90-second now closing — Fred DuVal, statement . Democratic gubernatorial Lorraine candidate Rivera, producer and host of Arizona Week at Arizona Public Media, co-moderated the debate with Joey Fisher, editor-inchief of the Daily Wildcat. Before the debate officially began, technical difficulties occurred. “While we’re waiting, hashtag, ‘Dondé está Ducey?’ Stream that,” Hess said. The crowd laughed in response; “dondé está” means “where is” in Spanish. Some questions to the three candidates were submitted by UA students via ASUA’s Twitter and Facebook page using the hashtag #OurVoiceOurVote. DuVal made it apparent that he and Ducey have different views on the future of education in the state and fixing the education system in Arizona. DuVal is a Tucson native and former member of the Arizona Board of Regents. He gave thanks to Mealer and Hess, who is running for governor for the fourth time, for attending.
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Student climbs college GOP ranks politics until she co-founded the teenage Republican club at her high school. In eighth grade American History, she Meet Zoey Kotzambasis, the chairman had a favorite teacher whose liberal point of the Arizona Federation of College of view brought her an understanding of Republicans. her political beliefs. She never considered Kotzambasis, a political science senior, herself anything other than Republican. became a member of the UA College She said she remembers her grandfather Republicans the second she set her foot telling her over Tim Russert on Meet the in bear down country, Press before church, “When in saying, “All right, sign me doubt, vote Republican.” up! Got to find the College Kotzambasis reflected on You are a Republicans.” her favorite parts about the shareholder During her freshman UA College Republicans, in this saying that the Conservative year in the club, she country. was the director of Political Action Conference — Zoey communications; her is “Christmas happening in Kotzambasis, sophomore year, she was Disneyland for conservatives.” Arizona Federation The club has shooting days vice president; her junior of College year, she became president; where members go out to the Republicans and now she’s the chairman range for Second Amendment chairman of the Arizona Federation days, and said she remembers of College Republicans, the excitement of the first time the group that oversees all the College she shot an automatic rifle. Through the club, she was interviewed by The New York Republican clubs in the state. Kotzambasis said she remembers first Times when they did a voter profile series, feeling a connection to politics during the which she said was an exciting time for her. straw poll in second grade when Bush ran She is working for the Ducey for Governor against Gore. A young Kotzambasis felt an campaign and McSally for Congress obligation toward the Republican Party campaign. She said she values executive and because her parents were Republican, business experience, and believes that with but didn’t actively become involved in REPUBLICANS 2 BY CHRISTIANNA SILVA The Daily Wildcat
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POLITICAL SCIENCE SENIOR Zoey Kotzambasis is the chairwoman of the Arizona Federation of College Republicans. Kotzambasis is currently working for the Ducey for Governor campaign and McSally for Congress campaign.