汤头条 Student Association encourages absentee ballot voting
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斕劳诽 students are being encouraged to vote in upcoming elections. To help with that effort, the Student Association will collect absentee ballots next Tuesday [Oct. 27] on campus.
Logan Reeves, 汤头条 Student Association secretary and a senior industrial engineering major from Pelahatchie, has been working with Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann on this project to increase student engagement.
鈥淒uring last year鈥檚 hotly contested Senate race, I wasn鈥檛 able to travel from Starkville to my home voting precinct, and that really moved an absentee voting initiative to the forefront of my priorities as an elected student official,鈥 Reeves said. 鈥淢any other 汤头条 students live too far from campus to make a trip to their respective home voting precincts on election day, which leaves many of our state鈥檚 brightest minds with no vote in how our state operates,鈥 he added.
The SA will sponsor 汤头条鈥檚 Absentee Election Day on Lee Boulevard between Colvard Student Union and the YMCA Building. Reeves explained that notaries and a mailing container will be provided on-site to allow students to complete ballots. However, students must have received an absentee ballot in the mail from their respective circuit clerk鈥檚 office. More information is available at .
鈥淭he event Tuesday is designed to complete the absentee voting process that a student begins when they call their circuit clerk to request an absentee ballot. The student should bring the envelope they receive from their clerk to the event,鈥 Reeves said.
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