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Continued from page 1 heard,” Laudolff said.

Miller contributed to the resolution by looking into what other universities do with election days. He found that in states such as Illinois and West Virginia, election days are a state holiday, so a lot of universities in these states suspend class.

“There are two reasons as to who having a day off is necessary: One it’ll be beneficial to both sides because they’ll be able to mobilize their voters, and also voting in general is a basic principle in which our nation was founded and participating in civic engagement is very important,” Miller said.

Amber Wichowsky, professor in political science and director of the Civics Dialogues program, has done research on voting participation and the obstacles people face in the voting process.

“I like to think about ‘Day Off for Democracy,’ not as a day off, but rather kind of elevating the importance of educating students for the demands of democracy,” Wichowsky said.

Wichowsky poses an option for the university to host events for students to come talk about the election or hold panel discussions on campus on Election Day and the days leading up to the election.

Miller and Laudolff also think the university can improve the resources they provide for students during election seasons.

Laudolff said there are organizations at Marquette that help students with the voting process, but a lot of those organizations are funded by grants and other sources, so it’s not guaranteed that these resources will be available for students year to year.

“Voting works best when universities have a really robust civic culture. What does that look like? That looks like information on how to register to vote as part of student orientation, where faculty are sharing information about how to vote and what’s needed to vote, but it’s also be-

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yond that. It’s about a campus where students are really talking about important social, political and economic issues,” Wichowsky said.

Laudolff worked as a poll greeter this past November, and she noticed how many students had issues with the voting process. She helped an individual get his documentation set up to vote, but he couldn’t make it to the polls before he had to go to class.

“Marquette is an institution that celebrates service, and in the 21st century service requires par- ticipation in the democratic process,” Laudolff said.

Marquette Cash is now accepted at Fiserv Forum. Students can use their MU ID for purchases at Canal Pizza (section 108) and MECCA Burger Bar (section 117).

There will be two dual port electric vehicle charging stations added on the lower level in both parking structures on campus. The Level 2 AC charging stations will have the capacity to charge four vehicles at a time. The installation is expected to occur later this semester.

Beginning March 8, Marquette’s password policy will change. The new policy will eliminate the current 180 day password expiration policy and will increase minimum password length from eight to 16 characters.

Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal, and Daniel Kelly, a conservative were the two top vote getters in the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary election. The two will face off in a final election April 4.

Miller said this is the first time a referendum has been authored to propose something like this.

“’Day Off for Democracy’ is highlighting and creating opportunities and spaces and making it visible on campus that being civically engaged is part of what it means to be the difference,” Wichowsky said.

The MUSG ballot will be emailed out to every student on Thursday.

“In order for democratic processes to be healthy, participating in them should not only be possible but practical,” Laudolff said.

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