(Seguin) – Are you a registered voter? Would you know where to start if you weren’t?
If you answered no to either question, then today, is the day to let TLU help you as it recognizes Sept. 17 as National Voter Registration Day.
The right to vote is one of the most sacred privileges in this nation, and Texas Lutheran University officials are encouraging members of the community to use their votes to make their voices heard. The public, today, is invited to stop by the fireside lounge in TLU’s Alumni Student Center, where there will be free food, a non-partisan election information table, and a voter registration table.
Michaela McLean, sophomore political science major and campus organizer for the MOVE Texas Student Club—a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded to increase election participation—says there is a longstanding trend of thinking that there’s really no reason to vote, and that one vote can’t possibly make a difference.
“We want to change that,” she adds. “We’re in an era of information constantly coming to us—and we can apply that information to something tangible, like the election.”
McLean says historically, the 18-24-year-old demographic had been the smallest when it came to voter turnout.
“But in 2020, that trend was reversed now making it one of the largest groups to offer up registered voters.
McLean also points out that this election year will bring the most diverse group of voters to the polls in the nation’s history. And that she says is what they “are striving for.”
Today’s voter registration event is free and open to the public. The event will be held from 1 to 7 p.m.