National Voter Registration Day
September 21, 2020 11:50 PM

Good Morning Illini,

The University of Illinois is part of the All In Big 10 Challenge and our goal is simple, register every Illinois student to vote! Today is National Voter Registration Day and it’s easy to register or check your registration. Every college student, who is a US citizen, can register to vote. You can register with your school address or with your permanent/home address. To start, you can register at https://illinois.turbovote.org/. The deadline to register in the State of Illinois online is October 18. If you miss the deadline for online registration, you can still register in-person through November 3. You can also confirm your registration at https://illinois.turbovote.org/.

Illini Take Action

In addition to making sure you are a registered voter, there are many ways to take action on National Voter Registration Day. 

• Join us for the All In Campus Couch Party, tonight at 6pm. You can help register your fellow Illini to vote and meet our Big 10 Voter Challenge goals. Register for the couch party at https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1852961813 and Join us tonight, virtually at https://bit.ly/32VLQ9O.
• Pledge to vote! Take the All In Pledge at https://allintovote.org/take-the-pledge/ and share with (3) fellow Illini to get Illinois on the challenge leader board.
• Apply to be an election judge. Election Judges are essential to ensuring that the citizens of Champaign County have fair, free, and accessible elections. They are responsible for administering the election process in the polling place on Election Day and for Early Voting. Election Judges are charged with ensuring all eligible voters are given access to the voting booth. Apply at https://airtable.com/shrBa205XAw3faPDx.

We encourage you to learn more about voter engagement and education initiatives at https://sse.illinois.edu/civic-engagement/. You can learn more about making a plan to vote in the upcoming elections. There is power in each of you engaging in our democracy. Remember to Research, Register, and Vote!

#IlliniVote

Sincerely, 

Dr. Danita M. B. Young
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs