Nearly two dozen colleges across Tennessee partnered with the Secretary of State's office to participate in a month-long voter registration drive during September. The campaign in honor of National Voter Registration Month resulted in more than 1,000 Tennesseans becoming registered to vote.
Twenty-three colleges - some public, some private, some four-year universities and some community colleges - opened voter registration booths on their campuses at different times throughout the month. Students, faculty members and administrators all participated in the effort. Those assisting people in registering to vote at the booths were given registration forms, voter information guides, banners and copies of the "I'm Registered to Vote. Are You?" signs used in the Secretary of State's social media campaign. In that campaign, which also occurred during the month of September, people were encouraged to take photos of themselves holding the signs and post them on social media outlets.
"I am pleased with the response we received from the participating colleges," Secretary of State Tre Hargett said. "I want to impress upon our state's young people how important it is that they exercise their right to vote - and of course they can't do that unless they're registered. I congratulate all of the people who registered to vote during this campaign. I also remind people who didn't register to vote during this campaign that it's still important that they do so and become active participants in our democratic process. People who register to vote by Oct. 6 are eligible to participate in the November elections."
To learn more about how to register to vote, contact your local election commission or visit the state's election website, www.GoVoteTN.com To look up contact information for county election commissions, visit http://tnsos.org/elections/election_commissions.php.