Editorial | A job pretty well done

Tuesday was a good day for Democrats, but it was an even better day for student activism.

Nearly 4,000 voters showed up at on-campus voting locations, and over 90 percent of registered student voters showed up to cast their ballot.

Penn Leads the Vote and student political groups deserve recognition for their impressive voter registration and turnout efforts. Local clean-government organizations, like the Committee of Seventy, also played a crucial role in preventing voter disenfranchisement and ensuring that regional elections went smoothly.

This doesn't mean that Philadelphia and Pennsylvania can take a break from improving the registration and voting process. A significant number of students could only vote through provisional ballots, because for some reason, their registrations didn't go through. The state should move toward adopting an optional online system for registration and must ensure that all electronic voting machines leave a paper trail in case of software malfunctions.

For now, we congratulate Penn students for fighting political apathy over the last two years. Hopefully, increased involvement in national politics is here to stay.

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