In 2008, Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. declared it his hope that Liberty U would "go down in history as the college that elected a president."
....Falwell has been hard at work making the most of LU's political power in Lynchburg by running campus-wide voter registration drives, busing students to the polls....
Sensing its growing importance in the area, Liberty recently demanded that the Lynchburg City Council move the polling places used by LU students right on to campus for their convenience; a move which the City Council rejected, much to LU's outrage.
Well, now a Liberty U student has announced that he is running for a seat on the Lynchburg City Council ... and, wouldn't you know it, LU is sending out thousands of letters urging everyone to vote in the election in May:
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