🐦 Oct 3 at 8PM - New York Times to Host Get-out-the-Vote Event With Bernie Sanders

October 1, 2018 3:26 pm

The New York Times will hold an event with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) Wednesday aimed at getting college students to vote in the upcoming midterm elections.

The event, called "Turn Up The Turnout With Bernie Sanders," is part of the Times‘ "Get With The Times" lecture series. The democratic socialist Vermont senator will sit down with Times reporter Alex Burns at the University of Maryland for a live-streamed discussion, with watch parties planned at universities across the country.

Despite the involvement of Sanders, the event is billed as nonpartisan. "With the midterm elections just months away, Senator Sanders will take the stage to discuss what's at stake for students in particular, and to amplify the critical importance of voting — regardless of which candidate you support," reads the event description.

The Times is partnering for the event with Rock the Vote, a nominally nonpartisan youth get-out-the-vote organization. In practice, Rock the Vote has a long history of favoring liberal and Democratic causes, including sending out mock draft notices from Donald Rumsfeld, then President George W. Bush's secretary of defense, to young voters in 2004 and denouncing the results of the 2016 election.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/new-york-times-host-get-vote-event-bernie-sanders/


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Get With The Times
TURN UP THE TURNOUT WITH BERNIE SANDERS
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 . 8 PM

On October 3rd, join Senator Bernie Sanders and Alex Burns, New York Times National Political Correspondent, for the latest edition of Get With The Times, our spirited live conversation series for college students.

With the mid-term elections just months away, Senator Sanders, the longest-serving independent in congressional history, takes the stage to discuss what's at stake for students in particular, and to amplify the critical importance of voting — regardless of which candidate you support.

Hosted at the University of Maryland, this event will be filmed live and broadcast to watch parties at college campuses across the country.

https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2018/get-with-the-times