Former President Bill Clinton is coming to campus on Oct. 31 to speak at a “Get Out the Vote” rally for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bill Bradbury, and some students will now be able to attend for free.
As of this morning, the Bradbury campaign made 2,500 free tickets available to students on a first-come, first-served basis. According to the UO Ticket Office, a student ID is required to pick up the tickets and will also be required at the gate; only the student picking up the ticket may use it; and backpacks will not be allowed into McArthur Court for the event.
Bradbury campaign spokeswoman Kim Baldwin said the decision was made just a day ago.
“Bill (Bradbury) and Bill Clinton and our campaign just decided, ‘Why are we charging students?’” she said. “We want them to become more involved, not just in this campaign, but in politics in general.
“So we thought, ‘Why charge them?’”
The ticket office said that as of 9:45 a.m., most of the tickets were still available. The event begins at noon, and Everclear’s Art Alexakis will also be appearing.
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