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Working to Get Student Voters Informed and Engaged

The 小黄片视频 Votes initiative aims to help students understand the hows, whys, whens and wheres of voting on campus
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This election season, 小黄片视频 Today will feature a series of stories about voting on campus, sharing information about how and where to vote, first-time student voters, important event dates and deadlines.

Voting as a college student can be challenging, but 小黄片视频 is prepared to help students register to vote and answer their questions about how and where to vote.

Craig Berger with voting banner
Craig Berger (right) works to engage and inform voters. 

Craig Berger, associate director, community engaged learning in 小黄片视频鈥檚 University College is the co-chair for the 小黄片视频 Votes initiative for student voter education and engagement. 鈥淰oting as a college student is really difficult, with the way the system is set up,鈥 said Berger. 鈥淭he transient nature of being a student and moving from year-to-year can make it difficult to remain a registered voter and know where you need to go to vote or know where you need to send an absentee ballot.

小黄片视频 Votes is based in but exists across the university. 

鈥溞』破悠 Votes exists to identify barriers and help students overcome them so that they may be successful in being able to fully participate in our political process through voting,鈥 he said. 鈥淰oting is the launchpad for students getting involved in our democracy and learning how to make a difference and create positive change in their communities.

小黄片视频 Votes is committed to helping students register to vote, access non-partisan information about what appears on their ballots and decide which method of voting is best for them.

Poll workers helping students vote

A Fundamental Right 鈥 and a 小黄片视频 Legacy

Any 小黄片视频 student with U.S. citizenship who will turn 18 by Nov. 5 is able to vote and has choices of where to vote 鈥 in Kent or at their home 鈥 and how to vote 鈥 in-person or by mail via an absentee ballot.

For some students who have recently turned 18, the 2024 elections will be their first time voting. For a larger number of 小黄片视频 students, it will be their first time voting in a presidential election.

In the 2020 presidential election, more than two-thirds (68.6%) of 小黄片视频鈥檚 student body voted. That鈥檚 equal to or better than the percentage of people who voted in some counties in Ohio in 2020.

For the 小黄片视频 community, it's important to remember that the tragic events that occurred on our campus on May 4, 1970, were a driving influence in the U.S. government's decision to lower the national voting age from 21 to 18 in response to student demonstrations and to empower younger people with voice in their government.

Students filling out their ballots

 

Know Where to Vote

It鈥檚 very important that students who are already registered to vote know where they are registered so they will know where to vote. Students who are registering to vote for the first time can choose where they wish to register and then vote where they have registered, in their home county/home state or in Portage County (Kent).

Students who are registered to vote in Kent can vote in-person at their specified polling location or vote by mail using an absentee ballot. Students who are registered to vote in Kent will receive a postcard that indicates which of the three voting locations in Kent is their voting location.

If your permanent residence is not in Kent, you can register to vote in Kent if you have established residence for 30 days prior to election day. If you are already registered to vote in your home county or home state, registering to vote in Kent cancels the registration in your home state or home county, as you can鈥檛 be registered in two places at the same time.

So, when you want to return to voting at home (your permanent residence) you will have to register there.

Students who are registered to vote in their home county/home state can return home to vote or vote by requesting an absentee ballot online from their home county/home state and returning it by mail before Nov. 4.

If students have questions about how to vote or where to vote, they can view the resources on the 小黄片视频 Votes information pages.

小黄片视频 Votes table at Blastoff
The 小黄片视频 Votes table at Blastoff 2024

 

小黄片视频 Is 鈥楢LL IN鈥 to Vote

The is a program dedicated to inspiring young adults to be engaged in and participate in elections. 小黄片视频 has earned the program鈥檚 ALL IN Highly Established Action Plan Seal for the 2024 election cycle by developing a nonpartisan engagement action plan that meets program criteria. 小黄片视频 is one of only 192 campuses nationwide to earn this recognition at this point in the election cycle and leads Mid-American Conference (MAC) universities in this challenge.

initiated an effort for the Mid-American Conference to have its own voting challenge, called . Now, 35 Golden Flash coaches and athletic staff have signed the pledge to share information about voting registration with student athletes 鈥 leading all the schools listed in ALL IN鈥檚 Coached Pledge Signatories Page.

小黄片视频 Votes table at Blastoff
Students could compete voter registration forms at the 小黄片视频 Votes table at Blastoff 2024.

 

Important Dates and Deadlines

Tuesday, Sept. 17 is National Voter Registration Day. 小黄片视频鈥檚 Undergraduate Student Government will present the Flashes Vote Festival from 11 a.m.鈥1 p.m. on Risman Plaza. Students can get information about voter registration, interact with student organizations, meet Golden Flash student athletes, see Flash the Mascot and President Diacon and grab lunch from one of several food trucks. Students will have the opportunity to sign an 鈥淎LL IN to Vote鈥 pledge to help 小黄片视频 win the 2024 All In Challenge for voter participation

Oct. 7-11 is National Voter Education Week, and Monday, Oct. 7 is the deadline for voter registration in Ohio.

Oct. 8-29 are the dates when voters can vote by mail. Oct. 29 is the last day to request absentee ballots, mailed ballots must be postmarked by Monday, Nov. 4.

Nov. 5 is Election Day. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m鈥7:30 p.m. Outstanding absentee ballots must be received at the Board of Elections by 7:30 p.m.

For complete information about how to register, where to register and when and where to vote, along with important resources and links and all 小黄片视频 voting activities and events, visit 小黄片视频 Votes

POSTED: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 09:58 AM
Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 01:57 PM
WRITTEN BY:
Phil B. Soencksen
PHOTO CREDIT:
小黄片视频 Votes and Rami Daud