Voter Registration-Sixteen Timely Tips for 2016 |
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October 4, 2016, Volume 63, No. 08 |
• The voter registration deadline is Tuesday, October 11; online until midnight or paper forms must be postmarked by October 11.
• All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to check their voter registration status, and remember to re-register if they have moved since the last election.
• PA residents can complete their voter registration online, then check their registration status and locate their particular polling place at www.votesPA.com
• PA residents can text ‘PA’ to 286-83 (2Vote) and receive all the information on their smartphones. This is a new service that Gov. Wolf started in September 2016.
• Pennsylvania permanent residents—as well as Penn students, both undergraduate and graduate students—are eligible to vote here if they are at least 18 years old by election day, have been a US citizen for at least one month and have lived in Pennsylvania and their election district for at least 30 days.
• Anyone who voted at Hill College House last year and is living in the same location as they were last year will be voting in Penn’s new polling location, the DiLorenzo Lounge in The ARCH building, at 3601 Locust Walk.
• If you voted in Hill College House four years ago and now live elsewhere, you should double check your voter registration status and make sure that you are registered under your new address. The same goes for anyone who is unsure of where to vote.
•Voters only need to show identification if it is their first time voting or if they have never voted at that location before.
• No documentation is needed to register with a PA address. People who are originally from out-of-state who are now registering with a PA address just need to check ‘change of address’ on their voter registration form, and complete the form as usual.
• If you’re a resident of Washington, DC, you can either vote with an absentee ballot, which can be found at dcboee.org, or you can change your current address to vote in Philadelphia.
• Once you have registered to vote, you are not required to register again unless you change your residence, name, or political party affiliation.
Penn Leads the Vote (PLTV) is a student-run, nonpartisan, voter mobilization effort at the University of Pennsylvania. It is dedicated to increasing the number of registered students and encouraging them to go to the polls on Election Day. PLTV further institutionalizes a voting culture on campus by saturating campus with registration forms, reaching out to students through social media, staffing the on-campus polling locations, and decorating campus for Election Day; for more information see www.pennleadsthevote.org
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• If you are a registered voter in Pennsylvania, your polling place will appear on your confirmation issued by the County Voter Registration Office. You can also locate your polling place online or check the list below.
• For more information contact Penn’s Office of Government and Community Affairs at ogca@pobox.upenn.edu
• All voters who appear at a polling place for the first time must show proof of identification. Approved forms of photo identification include:
Pennsylvania driver’s license
PennDOT ID card
ID issued by any Commonwealth agency
ID issued by the US Government
US passport
US Armed Forces ID
Student ID (PennCard)
Employee ID (PennCard)
If you do not have a photo ID, you can use a non-photo identification that includes your name and address.
• In order to vote on election day, you must be registered and go to the correct polling place. If you live off-campus, check out PA Department of State’s voter database, https://www.pavoterservices.state.pa.us/Pages/VoterRegistrationStatus.aspx
Penn Polling Places
Vote @ Penn Center for Rehabilitation & Care, 3609 Chestnut Street
The Axis
Chestnut Hall
Domus Apartments
Hamilton Court
The Radian
The Hub
King’s Court English House
Sansom East
Sansom West
Kappa Alpha Theta
Lambda Chi Alpha
Kappa Alpha Society
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Nu
Sigma Alpha Mu
Tau Epsilon Phi
Vote @ Vance Hall, 3733 Spruce Street
Rodin College House
DuBois College House
Psi Upsilon
Phi Gamma Delta
Delta Phi
Delta Psi
Phi Delta Theta
Kappa Sigma
Kappa Alpha Society
Sigma Chi
Alpha Tau Omega
Vote @ The ARCH, 3601 Locust Walk
The Left Bank
New College House
Hill College House
(residents from last year)
Alpha Chi Rho
Zeta Psi
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Vote @ Harrison College House, 3910 Irving Street
Gregory College House
Harrison College House
Vote @ Harnwell College House, 3820 Locust Walk
Harnwell College House
Mayer Hall
Zeta Beta Tau
Vote @ Houston Hall Reading Room, 3417 Spruce Street
The Quad
Stouffer Hall
Vote @ Civic House, 3914 Locust Walk
The Woodland Terrace neighborhood
(Ward 27, Division 5)
Vote @ Walnut West Library, 201 S 40th Street
Beta Theta Pi
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Pi Lambda Phi
Pi Kappa Alpha
Chi Omega
Sigma Kappa
Phi Kappa Psi
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Alpha Sigma Phi
Delta Delta Delta
Alpha Delta Pi
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Vote @ Robeson High School, 4125 Ludlow Street
Alpha Phi
Zata Tau Alpha
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• In Pennsylvania, all polls are open on Tuesday, November 8, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Registered voters who are in line at their polling place by 8 p.m. are allowed to vote.
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