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As presidential primary campaigns heat up and the General Assembly elections draw near, student political groups are keying up to support their candidates through grass roots activities.

Yesterday, Students for Bill Bradley offered literature and sign-up lists for passers-by at a table on the Lawn.

Adam Green, Students for Bill Bradley lead organizer and first-year Law student, said he hoped to use sign-up lists to build momentum for the Democratic presidential candidate.

"The first step is to have tables, then we'll have rallies down the road," Green said.

He said he would soon reach his goal of 100 active volunteers for grass roots advertising through information handouts and public gatherings.

"Our basic premise is that if people get info about Bill Bradley's position on issues, they'll wind up supporting him in the end," he added.

Meanwhile, fourth-year College student Andrew Woodson, Steve Forbes campus coordinator for the 2000 presidential campaign, said his group is working to get the message out about the Republican presidential candidate.

Woodson said they would hand out bumper stickers and literature as part of the effort.

"We'd like to have some kind of debate - to have Republican presidential candidates come to the University" in the spring, before Virginia's Republican presidential primary, he said.

The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, which hosted Democratic National Committee Chairman Ed Rendell last month, is trying to schedule political speakers for the coming months, Society Vice President Jonathan Carr said.

The Society already has scheduled U.S. Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) to speak in December, Carr said.

"I am definitely interested in the election of 2000," he said.

On the state level, both the University Democrats and the College Republicans have campaigning efforts scheduled for the upcoming General Assembly elections, in which most of the local seats are contested.

"We're having 10 people on election day making phone calls for Albemarle County's seats, and smaller groups are doing things like handing out signs," College Republicans Chairman John Blair said.

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