Voter participation was expected to be high Tuesday as various University groups tried to encourage students to get out and vote regardless of their political leanings.
The USG, College Republicans and College Democrats spent the day trying to make the process of voting as easy as possible for any student looking to exercise their civic duty.
Sign waving, button wearing, direction giving and phone calling were all employed to get students to the polls.
The success of the USG's efforts could be measured by the number of students who showed up for free hoagies and directions to the polling locations.
"We had tons of people here earlier" said Amy Unterman '08, one of the USG volunteers outside of the U-Store.
"We had around 900 of these little sandwiches and now we're nearly out. People were lining up at a quarter to one," Unterman said as she pointed to a large stack of empty hoagie boxes.
The College Democrats were out in force, waving signs in front of the U-Store and standing on street corners giving directions to voting locations.
"We asked all our members to wear their Kerry gear," said Owen Conroy '05, former president of the College Democrats, "and it looks like they did."
In addition to waving signs, the College Democrats worked in conjunction with volunteers at the voting locations to identify University students who hadn't voted.
"We sent individual emails to every student who hadn't voted by 4:30," Conroy said.
"We reminded them to vote and gave them information on how to reach the polling places."
Conroy said he didn't believe that there had ever been a voting campaign this comprehensive in the University's history.
The College Republicans aimed wider with their campaign.
"We're calling every registered Republican in the Princeton Borough and reminding them to vote," said College Republican President Evan Baehr '05, who also made an unsuccessful bid for the Borough Council.
The Republicans also had volunteers stationed at voting locations, acquiring the names of the Borough's Republicans to help them reach those who hadn't voted.
Though many College Republicans spent the day campaigning for Bush, others chose to spend their time waving signs for Baehr, he said.
Both parties started the day early, with many students waking up between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. to take positions around campus and the Borough.
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