With as many as 3,200 Liberty University students eligible to vote in Tuesday’s election, the school has turned into a battleground for local politics.
To encourage a strong turnout on Election Day, the university canceled classes and announced plans to run buses to the polls.
Meanwhile, the election is unfolding across campus, from dorm-room debates to a 10-page election special in the student newspaper.
Friday morning, Republican Scott Garrett manned the main entrance to the Vines Center as thousands of students flooded past for convocation — a required event for all on-campus undergraduates. Garrett, who is challenging Del. Shannon Valentine in Lynchburg’s House of Delegates race, shook hands with students and encouraged them to vote.
A few feet away, members from the College Democrats and College Republican clubs distributed hundreds of pieces of campaign literature for Valentine and Garrett, respecti
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