Denied a campus early voting site, NC A&T students again march to the polls

Hundreds of NC A&T State University students filled Greensboro streets Thursday for a 40-minute walk from their campus to an early voting site, partly to do their civic duty and partly as a show of strength.

It was the second Greensboro student voter march this month, following an event last week that drew national attention.

Earlier this year, state and local elections officials denied students’ petitions for an early voting site on campus for this year’s primary and general elections. Students decided to show the power of their numbers with a march to cast their ballots.

Zayveon Davis, a leader of voter engagement at A&T, was one of the students who traveled to Raleigh last January to demonstrate for an early voting site for the primary…

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