An associate professor at Florida’s Brevard Community College has been fired after school officials say she handed out pledge cards to students urging them to vote for President Barack Obama.

The school’s board of trustees terminated Sharon Sweet on Wednesday after a three-month investigation, but she plans on fighting the decision, FloridaToday.com reports.

The pledge cards, handed to her math students last November, had a picture of Obama on the top and a red flag with the phrase “Pledge to vote!”

The college determined that Sweet violated a code of conduct that prohibits employees from seeking support for political candidates, FloridaToday.com reports.

Sweet, a registered Democrat, says she was participating in non-partisan voter registration on campus and didn’t see the parts of the pledge cards with Obama’s image.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/18/florida-college-fires-instructor-for-asking-students-to-vote-for-obama/ wrote:Sweet, a registered Democrat, says she was participating in non-partisan voter registration on campus and didn’t see the parts of the pledge cards with Obama’s image.

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130418/NEWS13/304180042/BCC-prof-who-urged-students-vote-Obama-prepares-appeal-firing?nclick_check=1 wrote:Landman said he has a “hard time” understanding how an educated, tenured professor did not recognize the pledge card as a card of political support. A large photo of Obama appeared at the top of the card and, beneath the photo, a red flag read: “Pledge to vote!”

VQpwrdSE-R wrote:Not too surprising to see a prof pushing a liberal agenda