Protesters Uninterested in Voting, Political Process, Huh?

[From article]
"members of the Institute of Politics visited Dewey Square on Saturday as part of a voter registration effort to encourage civic participation both at Harvard and beyond.
“We thought it would be cool to go down to Occupy Boston to talk to people to see if they would be interested in getting involved in the political process,” said Amanda E. McGowan ’13, who chairs the IOP’s National Campaign program, which focuses on increasing voter registration on campus.
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members of the IOP were surprised to find that many occupiers were not interested in voting,
[. . .]
“Some were already registered but did not want to vote. Others were not registered and did not want to be involved in the political system,” McGowan said.
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IOP President Jeffrey F. Solnet ’12 [. . .] said he sees the moment as an opportunity to motivate young people to become civically engaged.
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IOP members also organized a small Harvard contingent to attend a Sunday ‘teach-in’ in Dewey Square about creating successful social movements, led by Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer Marshall L. Ganz ’64-’92."

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/10/24/IOP-Vote-Occupy-Boston/

IOP Registers 'Occupy' Protesters to Vote
By Jose A. DelReal,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
Published: Monday, October 24, 2011