I wanted to thank the Daily for its coverage of State Rep. Carl Sciortino. As both the article and editorial noted, Carl has been an advocate for improved health care and public transportation. What neither mentioned is the effort invested by Carl to bring young people into the political process, especially students at Tufts. Beyond regularly visiting campus and working closely with the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service's Institute of Political Citizenship internship program, Carl has used his time on Beacon Hill to help college students like us be better citizens.
In one example from this summer, he fought hard for a bill that would have allowed same-day voter registration, a boon particularly for out-of-state students who tend to face higher registration barriers. He quite literally was fighting to help us become part of the process. I encourage you to join me and my friends in the Tufts Democrats to do what we can to make sure Carl wins his primary next week and allow him to continue to both engage us and be engaged by us.
Shana Hurley, Class of '10
