SCSU Get Out the Vote website
Voting Instructions for the 2020 Election
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Information for College Students
- Request an Online Absentee Application
Vote 411
- Find out what's on your ballot so you can research the candidates before you cast your vote.
- Check your voter registration and register if you need to.
- Find your polling place.
- Discover upcoming debates in your area.
A state-specific guide to help students understand their rights and how to register and cast a ballot in their school or home community.
Vote From Home
Step-by-step instructions from the League of Women Voters of Minnesota.
What's On My Ballot?
View your sample ballot so you can research the candidates before you cast your vote.
Polling Place Finder
If you prefer to vote in person, find out where to go.
Get Ready to Vote (Rock the Vote)
Find out how to register to vote in Minnesota, what you need to do to prepare to vote, and what your voting rights are.
Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgfh9Vn-AGY
We Vote. We Count.
A platform for people to share stories of interference with their voting rights at the polls, in the hopes of sparking action that guarantees full voter protection.
Voting Rights (ACLU)
Explores issues surrounding the upcoming 2020 election including promoting access to the ballot, fighting voter suppression, voter restoration, the Voting Rights Act, and gerrymandering.
Block the Vote: Voter Suppression in 2020 (ACLU)
Highlights issues of voter disenfranchisement in the current era.
A platform for people to share stories of interference with their voting rights at the polls, in the hopes of sparking action that guarantees full voter protection.
Voting Rights (ACLU)
Explores issues surrounding the upcoming 2020 election including promoting access to the ballot, fighting voter suppression, voter restoration, the Voting Rights Act, and gerrymandering.
Block the Vote: Voter Suppression in 2020 (ACLU)
Highlights issues of voter disenfranchisement in the current era.
iSideWith
Take a quiz on a range of political issues to help you determine which political parties and candidates best align with your views.
Take Action (Rock the Vote)
Message your reps, contact your elected officials, and engage with issues that are important to you.
Department of Campus Involvement (SCSU)
Find out about volunteer and civic engagement opportunities on and off campus.
Take a quiz on a range of political issues to help you determine which political parties and candidates best align with your views.
Take Action (Rock the Vote)
Message your reps, contact your elected officials, and engage with issues that are important to you.
Department of Campus Involvement (SCSU)
Find out about volunteer and civic engagement opportunities on and off campus.
American Democracy Project (AAC&U)
A multi-campus initiative, including SCSU, that produces campus-centered activities and materials to promote civic learning and engagement.
Learning Democracy: A Student's Guide to Voting (Teacher's Edition) (PDF)
Provides a history of suffrage, questions to consider, and ideas for action (from FairVote).
Strengthening Minnesota's Culture of Civic Engagement (PDF)
A guide for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to discuss ways to improve civic life.
Voting and Elections: Resources for a Civil Classroom
A collection of resources from Teaching Tolerance, focused on engaging students in vital societal issues.
A multi-campus initiative, including SCSU, that produces campus-centered activities and materials to promote civic learning and engagement.
Learning Democracy: A Student's Guide to Voting (Teacher's Edition) (PDF)
Provides a history of suffrage, questions to consider, and ideas for action (from FairVote).
Strengthening Minnesota's Culture of Civic Engagement (PDF)
A guide for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to discuss ways to improve civic life.
Voting and Elections: Resources for a Civil Classroom
A collection of resources from Teaching Tolerance, focused on engaging students in vital societal issues.
2020 Census: Every Person Counts (League of Women Voters in Minnesota)
Information about historically undercounted Minnesotans and how underrepresentation in the U.S. Census affects political representation, federal funding, and planning abilities for our state. Includes action steps.
Information about historically undercounted Minnesotans and how underrepresentation in the U.S. Census affects political representation, federal funding, and planning abilities for our state. Includes action steps.
The 19th Amendment (National Archives)
The 19th Amendment is a Milestone, but Not the Endpoint, for Women's Rights in America (Stanford News)
Black Suffragrettes Celebrated in Video for 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment (Colorlines)
Suffrage, Race, Power Unerased
Votes for Women (Minnesota Historical Society online exhibit)
The 19th Amendment is a Milestone, but Not the Endpoint, for Women's Rights in America (Stanford News)
Black Suffragrettes Celebrated in Video for 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment (Colorlines)
Suffrage, Race, Power Unerased
Votes for Women (Minnesota Historical Society online exhibit)
Minnesota Historical Election Archive
A searchable online database of Minnesota election results that compiles nearly 20,000 elections conducted since statehood.
A searchable online database of Minnesota election results that compiles nearly 20,000 elections conducted since statehood.
