Photo essay: Rock the Vote

Musician Sarah Hudson and her band perform for a crowd of several hundred people gathered at Library Mall, above, for Rock the Vote on Oct. 15. Madison was the final stop for the five-month, 50-city tour aimed at registering 1 million new voters and mobilizing 20 million young people to go to the polls Nov. 2. The tour has traveled to some of the most hotly contested states this election year. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

During a brief break between bands, student Maria Propp a UW undergraduate and an intern with the New Voter Project, speaks to the crowd about the importance of exercising one’s right to vote. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Meanwhile undergraduate and intern with the New Voter Project Amy Kordus validates registration forms. (Photo: Jeff Miller)