During his senior year at Clark, Geoffrey Steinberg ’73 wanted to cast his vote for George McGovern in the 1972 presidential election. The City of Worcester slammed the ballot box shut.

But it didn’t stay shut for long.

In a lawsuit filed by attorney Mel Greenberg ’59 (pictured) for the American Civil Liberties Union, Steinberg, fellow Clark student Lanny Herkshoff ’73, and Richard Brontoli, a student at WPI, fought for the right to vote in their adopted hometown.

They won in a case that changed state voting regulations for college students.

Tomorrow, when Clark students walk across Main Street to vote at St. Peter’s Church, they’ll be able to do so because of their fellow Clarkies.

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