Are you ready to vote?
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Check out the FLC student welcome video from our top local elections official, County Clerk Tiffany Lee, where she'll let you know how to make sure to get that vote counted.
If you are or would like to be a Colorado voter, you can register, update your registration, and get all your questions answered at www.GoVoteColorado.gov. For other states, head over to vote411.org. For full voter resources, check out our Voting FAQ page. |
How is my ballot counted securely?
Check out this "Life of a Ballot" video by Douglas County so see exactly how Colorado's secure voting system works:
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It's an important year for the United States and our campus community, and the November general election is a big part of that. This year, Fort Lewis College is participating in the All in Campus Democracy Challenge in which colleges and universities from all over the country compete to see who can get the highest percentage of their students to vote. Let's show that Skyhawks are engaged - pledge to vote now!
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Don't think your vote counts? Our votes together certainly do!
In fact, according to the Youth Electoral Significance Index , Colorado's 2022 senate election is one of the places where the youth vote is most likely to make a difference. Or think of it this way: Gen Z is different in many ways from other generations - just check out this article by Voice of America to see how "Gen Z is about to change the face of the nation." In 2016 there were 19,847,000 college students according to the National Center of Educational Statistics but only about 50% of those students voted. That's almost 10 million college students, or almost 3% of the American population, who could have voted but did not. What might happen in 2022 and beyond if we all voted?
The good news is, you have the power help this happen, and the FLC Engagement Collaborative is here to help! Despite a long-held stereotype that young people don't vote, in 2020 there was an enormous increase in the youth vote, and young voters were decisive in important races. FLC was part of this trend, and the Skyhawk voter turnout rate jumped 10.8% from 2016 to 2020 according to the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement.
Take a look at the NSLVE data linked below to learn more about voting trends at FLC—the data is broken down by age, race and ethnicity, gender, voting method, and area of academic study:
In fact, according to the Youth Electoral Significance Index , Colorado's 2022 senate election is one of the places where the youth vote is most likely to make a difference. Or think of it this way: Gen Z is different in many ways from other generations - just check out this article by Voice of America to see how "Gen Z is about to change the face of the nation." In 2016 there were 19,847,000 college students according to the National Center of Educational Statistics but only about 50% of those students voted. That's almost 10 million college students, or almost 3% of the American population, who could have voted but did not. What might happen in 2022 and beyond if we all voted?
The good news is, you have the power help this happen, and the FLC Engagement Collaborative is here to help! Despite a long-held stereotype that young people don't vote, in 2020 there was an enormous increase in the youth vote, and young voters were decisive in important races. FLC was part of this trend, and the Skyhawk voter turnout rate jumped 10.8% from 2016 to 2020 according to the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement.
Take a look at the NSLVE data linked below to learn more about voting trends at FLC—the data is broken down by age, race and ethnicity, gender, voting method, and area of academic study:
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