“Voter participation efforts at Indiana University normally include tables with lots of pens, clipboards and registration forms. But that setup isn’t exactly aligned with COVID-19 safety guidelines… ‘Honestly, what we’re facing this year forced us to be more creative, to rethink and to re-imagine everything we do,’ [said Lisa-Marie Napoli, director of the Political and Civic Engagement program at IU]. ‘It brought up a lot more opportunities than setbacks, quite frankly.’ One of those was simply utilizing other means of reaching people, said Mark Fraley, associate director of the Political and Civic Engagement program. For instance, traditional registration events that involve shared pens and clipboards were modified with poster boards and QR codes.”

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