One of the sayings of the Left is that education is political. That’s why we find leftist ideas strewn all about most schools and campuses, along with efforts at eliminating every contrary idea. And their project of control extends to the ballot box, with many colleges and universities on board with voter outreach aimed at maximizing votes for Democrats.

In today’s Martin Center article, Graham Hillard writes about this nasty business:

Last fall, the faux-nonpartisan operation Voter Friendly Campus (VFC) designated 262 American colleges as “voter-friendly.” To achieve this classification, institutions had to write a “democratic engagement action plan” and jump through various other social-bureaucratic hoops.

Stressed throughout the process were the so-called Four Pillars of Democratic Engagement: voter registration, education, and turnout, as well as the development of students as voter “advocates.” Colleges with successful applications got a chance to brag, and many were featured in VFC’s lovingly produced, full-color report.

What is more distressing is that this is paid for by the taxpayers, quite a few of whom don’t want lefties to win. We need to separate education from the state, and here’s one more reason why.

Read the whole thing.