MASSPIRG held a booth in Fox Hall to ensure that students had an opportunity to register to vote before the upcoming primaries, which will be held on March 1, 2016.

The consumer advocacy group  works to protect the environment, helps people take action in circumstances where our health or safety or financial situations have a potential to be compromised, and ensures people have the knowledge to be able to participate in the democratic society we live in.

Students working at this table in Fox Hall focused on making every student they saw walk by aware of the fact that in order to vote in the primaries, they must be registered to vote by Feb. 10, 2016.

MASSPIRG is a non-partisan organization, and therefore they neither endorse nor advocate for a particular candidate, however their main goal on Feb. 3 was to raise awareness of the importance of voting and assisting people in pursuing people their rights as citizens.

David Bradford, a member of MASSPIRG, shared the reason he joined the organization, saying, “It’s a service that contributes to the environment and promotes public health.” Bradford also mentioned that this organization “gives students the position to be a leader, and advocate what they believe to be important.”

MASSPIRG does not stop at helping people register to vote. It also helps out with projects such as the Hunger and Homelessness Campaign and is working to help Massachusetts achieve 100 percent renewable energy.

For more information, contact the writer at Jennifer_Wall@student.uml.edu.