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Hasbrouck Heights HS Grad Fights To Register Young Voters At Rutgers: 'Your Voice Does Matter' Hasbrouck Heights HS Grad Fights To Register Young Voters At Rutgers: 'Your Voice Does Matter'
Hasbrouck Heights HS Grad Fights To Register Young Voters At Rutgers: 'Your Voice Does Matter' A Rutgers University student from Hasbrouck Heights is on a mission to get young adults registered to vote in time for the 2024 Presidential election. Alejandra Afanador, 19, spent the summer as an "RU Voting Ambassador," according to Rutgers Today. The sophomore political science major will keep volunteering through Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The honors college student on a pre-law track said she wants to motivate 18-to-29-year-olds to vote and become politically active. "I've simply come to realize that there is such disillusionment in the government and this is across the pol…

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by Chris Spiker