The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/student-voting/)
Nov. 3 became another source of anxiety for many students: As of Wednesday night, the outcome of the nail-biting 2020 presidential election is still undecided.
Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 joined other elected officials across the nation for the Defend the Black Vote campaign, reaching out to Black voters across the country to encourage them to vote.
Nov. 3 seemed like a fairly normal day on Cornell’s campus: Against a backdrop of gray skies and chilly winds, Cornellians went to class, huddled up in cafes and grabbed food from campus dining halls. Around the country, however, the highly-anticipated, contentious 2020 presidential election unfolds. And most Cornellians have already made their voices heard through absentee or early voting.
In light of the approaching 2020 Presidential election, students look towards voting under the lens of the Black Lives Matter movement and the need for change.