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==Involvement in student government==
 
==Involvement in student government==
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Turning Point USA has been involved in influencing [[student government]] elections at a number of colleges and universities.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-a-Stealth-Plan-for/240008|title=Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence|last=Vasquez|first=Michael|date=May 7, 2017|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=September 6, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0009-5982}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Universities that have been targeted by this effort have included [[Ohio State University]], the [[University of Wisconsin]]–Madison, and the [[University of Maryland]].
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Turning Point USA has been involved in influencing [[student government]] elections at a number of colleges and universities.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-a-Stealth-Plan-for/240008|title=Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence|last=Vasquez|first=Michael|date=May 7, 2017|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=September 6, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0009-5982}}</ref><ref name=":1" /ref> Universities that have been targeted by this effort have included [[Ohio State University]], the [[University of Wisconsin]]–Madison, and the [[University of Maryland]].
    
These claims led to conservative candidates at the University of Maryland withdrawing from student elections after failing to report assistance from Turning Point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dbknews.com/2017/04/17/turning-point-umd-college-campuses|title=Conservative nonprofit linked to Unity Party has chapters at more than 1,000 universities|date=April 16, 2017|last=Snurr|first=Carrie|website=The Diamondback|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/03/29/conservative-dark-money-groups-infiltrating-campus-politics/215822#tpusa|title=The Conservative Dark-Money Groups Infiltrating Campus Politics|last=Vogel|first=Pam|date=March 17, 2017|publisher=Media Matters for America |access-date=November 24, 2017}}</ref>
 
These claims led to conservative candidates at the University of Maryland withdrawing from student elections after failing to report assistance from Turning Point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dbknews.com/2017/04/17/turning-point-umd-college-campuses|title=Conservative nonprofit linked to Unity Party has chapters at more than 1,000 universities|date=April 16, 2017|last=Snurr|first=Carrie|website=The Diamondback|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/03/29/conservative-dark-money-groups-infiltrating-campus-politics/215822#tpusa|title=The Conservative Dark-Money Groups Infiltrating Campus Politics|last=Vogel|first=Pam|date=March 17, 2017|publisher=Media Matters for America |access-date=November 24, 2017}}</ref>
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