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Michigan Tech is one of 18 colleges and universities in Michigan where students will have a chance to register to vote at the Secretary of State’s Mobile Office.
“We’re launching our 3,000-mile 2018 Voter Registration Drive on Tuesday, Sept. 4th at Oakland Community College’s Auburn Hills campus, and we’ll be traveling statewide from there,” Johnson said. “Students are encouraged to register to vote, ask questions about services and take care of any Secretary of State business they might have, right on campus.”
The Mobile Office will be on Michigan Tech’s campus on September 17th on the sidewalk across from the CDI Building.
Faculty, staff and area residents are also welcome to use the services at the Mobile Office, which will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In addition to voter registration, the Mobile Office offers all of the services available at a traditional office.
Customers can change their address, renew their driver’s license, get their tabs and even join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry.
Staff will be available to answer questions about voter identification, absentee ballots, locating a sample ballot and finding their polling place.
Residents can also ask questions about the elimination of Driver Responsibility Fees, including those who have associated debt or a related driver’s license suspension.
The deadline to register to vote for the November 6th general election is October 9th.
Johnson said the voter registration drive supplements other efforts to register new voters,
including:
• A postcard sent to every 18-year-old on their birthday reminding them to register to vote.
• Voter registration opportunities for newly sworn citizens at naturalization ceremonies across the state.
• Asking customers who come in for personal ID or driver’s licenses if they want to register to vote, provided they are U.S. citizens.
