Sue Small-Kreider
In Motion Staff Writer
Oct. 9 is the last day to register to vote in the November general election for Florida’s U.S. senator, congressional representative, governor and lt. governor and a number of other state and local officials as a well as 12 state constitutional amendments. (See sidebar on page 4)
Voter registration forms are available from the Records Office, Wetherell Center, on the Daytona Beach Campus, the Student Activities Office,” DSC Director of Records & Registration, Carri L. Black Hudgins, stated in an email sent to all students in August.
Online access of both English and Spanish versions of the voter registration form are available at http://www.volusiaelections.org Flagler County residents should use https://www.flaglerelections.com. Forms must be received in the supervisor of elections office of the voter’s resident county by the 11:59 p.m. Oct. 9 deadline.
To register to vote in Florida, a person must be at least 18 years of age, be a citizen of the United States, be a legal resident of the State of Florida, and be a legal resident in the county in which the person is applying to registered. A person may pre-register as young as 16 years of age if the other requirements are met.
“Be registered! Be Prepared! Be A Voter!” was the slogan on the League of Women Voter’s card that Nancy Vaughn of the Volusia County chapter was passing out at a recent campus event. The http://www.Vote411.org website is non-partisan site that she encourages students to use to research candidates and check on their voter registration. She noted that there is currently free membership in the League for students.
Vaughan also was encouraging students to make themselves aware of the record number of state constitutional amendments that are to be on the ballot. Since September, one of those proposed amendments was removed by the State Supreme Court from the ballot. It covered the oversite of charter schools.)
According to Richard Fry in a Pew Research Center’s Think Tank article, while younger generations make up a majority of the electorate, they may not be the majority of voters in this November’s general election. This is why Kellene Anderson of Nextgen Florida and her crew of helpers have on DSC’s main campus for several weeks trying to motivate students to get registered and vote. They have registered over 200 people since the fall semester started. “We are working hard!,” Anderson said.
There are three ways to vote: by mail, early voting (Oct. 27 to Nov. 4) and on Election Day, Nov. 6. Details of how to request and submit a vote-by-mail ballot, early voting sites and Election Day polling places are listed on each county’s Supervisor of Elections website.
According to Richard Fry in a Pew Research Center’s Think Tank article, while younger generations make up a majority of the electorate, they may not be the majority of voters in this November’s general election. This is why Kellene Anderson of Nextgen Florida and her crew of helpers has been seen on DSC’s main campus trying to motivate students to get registered and vote.