(Lee's Summit, MO)-The National Research Center for College & University Admissions (NRCCUA) became a part of history this month when it joined forces with Freedom's Answer - a non-partisan, non-profit voter turnout campaign led by our nation's youth - to help the organization meet an ambitious goal: to produce the largest voter turnout ever in a non-presidential election.

The lofty aspiration was met - and then some - by students who led the endeavor; 1.3 million receiving a message from Zach Clayton, a Raleigh, North Carolina high school student and chair of the National Association of Student Councils, challenging his of-age peers in every high school in America to vote and others to take part in obtaining voting pledges from parents, grandparents, friends and neighbors, and by enlisting principals and social studies teachers who signed up their respective schools for the cause. Delivery of this special, widespread email message was made possible by NRCCUA.

"We are extremely pleased to help facilitate history-in-the-making, and to help Freedom's Answer deliver such an important message," said Don Munce, President, NRCCUA. "Not only does the endeavor teach students a powerful lesson about the rights and responsibilities of America's freedoms, but complements our mission at NRCCUA to assist students in positive decision-making about their futures."

The alliance is in part responsible for an increase of 3.3 million voters in the U.S. over 1998 elections.

According to the Freedom's Answer Web site, "by engaging the nation's youth in the electoral process, Freedom's Answer is helping to turn today's students into tomorrow's voters," and "the vitality of our democracy requires an active electorate and who better to teach this lesson than our nation's future, the youth."

For more information about America's Freedom and ongoing campaigns, visit www.freedomsanswer.com.

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The National Research Center for College & University Admissions (NRCCUA) is a non-profit educational research organization based in Lee’s Summit, Mo. For over 30 years, NRCCUA has conducted the largest nationwide survey of high school students, which serves as a communications link between college-bound high school students and public and private colleges and universities. For more information, visit www.nrccua.org