With a view to prodding the student electorate out of its traditional apathy, an amendment was added to the 1998 Higher Education Act obliging institutions to supply voter registration forms and to urge students to exercise their constitutional rights.

• 为了改变大学生对选举的冷漠，刺激他们投票，美国政府在1998年高等教育法的增修条文中，要求各大专院校在校内提供选举人登记表格，并且鼓励学生积极行使宪法赋予他们的权利。