Students register to vote ahead of 2024 election
On National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 17, students with UIC Student Leadership and Civic Engagement handed out information, snacks, posters and pins on the Quad by Student Center East. A steady stream of visitors picked up leaflets with a QR code to a voter registration site or weighed in on the issues they care about.
“It’s important to vote,” graduate student Parrama Chouhan said between handing out voter guides. “I think making your voice heard on issues you care about — it can be any issue across the spectrum — you need to be civically engaged to make sure whatever you care about, you did your part.
“A lot of students are eligible to vote but they just don’t know how to get registered to vote,” he added.
That’s why UIC has set up several methods to make it easier for students to register and to vote. The university is an early-voting site, which means students who are registered to vote can do so right on campus — at Student Center East — from Oct. 21 to Nov. 5, Election Day.
https://today.uic.edu/students-register-to-vote-ahead-of-2024-election/