{"id":399,"date":"2020-05-18T08:29:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/?page_id=399"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:16:21","slug":"show-up-to-the-election","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/show-up-to-the-election\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOW UP to the Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"425\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/show-up-to-the-election\/untitled-12-of-15\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2020\/05\/untitled-12-of-15.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-js=\"site-panel__tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"site-panel__tab-content-5\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"site-panel__tab-content-5\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"u-visual-hide\">Show<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tParticipation for Non-U.S. Citizens\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"u-visual-hide\">Content<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__tab-content-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"site-panel__tab-content-1\" class=\"site-panel__tab-content site-panel__tab-content--active\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"panel panel-child panel--type-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--default\" data-depth=\"1\" data-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"columns\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content  site-section \" data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\" data-autop=\"true\" data-name=\"column_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Include Important Election Dates<\/h5>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>September 15, 2026<\/td>\n<td>National Voter Registration Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>September 18, 2026<\/td>\n<td>Absentee voting begins in MN. Voters in Rice County can visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northfieldmn.gov\/120\/Elections-Voter-Information\">Northfield City Hall<\/a>\u00a0to absentee vote!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>October 13, 2026<\/td>\n<td>Last day for voter pre-registration in MN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>October 31, 2026<\/td>\n<td>Special Saturday early voting hours at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northfieldmn.gov\/120\/Elections-Voter-Information\">Northfield City Hall<\/a> (9 am-3 pm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>November 2, 2026<\/td>\n<td>Last day to request a mail-in ballot or vote absentee in MN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>November 3, 2026<\/td>\n<td>MIDTERM ELECTION DAY! Same day registration in MN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5>Syllabus Statement About Election Engagement<\/h5>\n<p>Combine, adapt, and edit the statements below or make your own!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that healthy democracies and communities rely on active participation of its members.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re eligible to vote, I encourage you to do so. Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/register-to-vote\/\">Register to Vote<\/a>\u00a0page or fill out a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdiFdDowDkk3-FAJznfhi6FauIjUFAltC82vNOyR9nTscusJQ\/viewform\">pledge to vote form<\/a>\u00a0that will walk you through the process of how to register to vote and cast your ballot. If you\u2019re not eligible to vote, there are still ways for you to get involved\u2013and I encourage you to do so. Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/noncitizen-student-engagement\/\">Non-U.S. Citizen Student Engagement page<\/a>\u00a0for ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Voting and election engagement is one way of many to demonstrate your values and make your voice heard and is an opportunity that only comes around every two years. If you have questions or need assistance, I\u2019m happy to support you!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h5>Voting and Civic Engagement Modules<\/h5>\n<p>Consider including pre-existing voting modules such as the following as part of your course:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1D-BMBsGCnq2Qplvi3K3nhHuB2_3M4Ce_jcoYj5TRtGA\/edit#slide=id.p1\">Voting as a Student 101 Slideshow<\/a>\u00a0(Ask Every Student)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectpericles.org\/why-voting-matters.html\">Why Voting Matters<\/a>\u00a0(Project Pericles)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectpericles.org\/how-to-vote.html\">How to Vote<\/a>\u00a0(Project Pericles)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Tvg5q3Ni1rmvWSqF8B2lCKj-dAWfAQAn\/view\">The History of Voting Rights<\/a>\u00a0(hosted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadmn.org\/faculty-civic-and-election-engagement-resources\">LeadMN<\/a>, created by American Eagle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcivicstoolkit.org\/investigate\">Investigate: Understand and Analyze Civic Information Online<\/a>\u00a0(Digital Civics Toolkit)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcivicstoolkit.org\/action\">Action: Respond to Issues You Care About, Extend Your Definition of Civic Action In the Digital Age<\/a>\u00a0(Digital Civics Toolkit)<\/li>\n<li>Need more ideas? Project Pericles has a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/shrAAWPyhEUwAC35S\/tblCURmA0aXLAeshd?backgroundColor=cyan&amp;viewControls=on\">database of curricular examples<\/a>\u00a0from faculty around the country as does the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/idhe.tufts.edu\/resources\/syllabus-repository-issues-civic-and-democratic-concern\">Institute for Democracy &amp; Higher Education<\/a>. The Campus Election Engagement Project also has a whole\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1lZRO5xGa02qkg814GrKUQbEl5S1Wd4ME5rBV_5orr2k\/edit#gid=2022708922\">list of resources and lesson plans<\/a>\u00a0in addition to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/civicinfluencers.org\/voter-education\/incorporating-election-engagement-into-your-courses\/\">tips and strategies for incorporating election engagement in the classroom<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-section__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--.site-section__inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-section -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"site-panel__tab-content-2\" class=\"site-panel__tab-content  \" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"panel panel-child panel--type-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--default\" data-depth=\"1\" data-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"columns\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content  site-section \" data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\" data-autop=\"true\" data-name=\"column_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Why Voting Matters<\/h5>\n<p>Our friends at Project Pericles have a whole module of a presentation and activities on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectpericles.org\/voting-modules.html\">Why Voting Matters<\/a>\u201d for faculty to use in their classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an assignment idea particularly well-suited for First Year Writing courses: use the module above and then have students write and reflect on the prompt \u201cWhy Voting Matters\u2013<em>To Me<\/em>\u201c. Students can conduct additional research about why it\u2019s important for everyone and for our democracy, but they can also be invited to bring in their personal, lived experience to the essay. They can begin to form personal connections to what they\u2019re studying and begin to see that this form of knowledge is valued.<\/p>\n<h5>Voting Rights and Fair Elections<\/h5>\n<p>Consider investigating the work of nonpartisan organizations such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwv.org\/\">The League of Women Voters<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairelectionsproject.org\/\">Fair Elections Project<\/a>, and others on their work surrounding surround educating voters on their rights and working to ensure fair elections for all.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-section__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--.site-section__inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-section -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"site-panel__tab-content-3\" class=\"site-panel__tab-content  \" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"panel panel-child panel--type-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--default\" data-depth=\"1\" data-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"columns\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content  site-section \" data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\" data-autop=\"true\" data-name=\"column_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Walk through registration process\u2013and do it early!<\/h5>\n<p>Online or paper? Only in advance or same-day, too? It might vary by state. Have students determine their eligibility to vote, decide where they want to cast their ballot (St. Olaf\/Northfield or at their home address), and how to register in MN or a different state at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/register-to-vote\/\">Register to Vote<\/a>\u00a0page on St. Olaf\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Also, consider joining forces and celebrate the right to vote with people across the country on <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalvoterregistrationday.org\/\">National Voter Registration Day!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Please tell students if they live on-campus and wait until Election Day to register to vote&#8212;there will be lines, so allow for plenty of extra time! All the more reason to register early!<\/em><\/p>\n<h5>Celebrate other Civic Holidays!<\/h5>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/civicholidays.org\/\">Civic Holidays<\/a> to learn about these days of mobilization and action to strengthen our democracy! Consider including one or more of these dates\u2013along with Election Day\u2013to your syllabi or Moodle site.<\/p>\n<h5>Analyze different states\u2019 registration methods<\/h5>\n<p>One aspect of the registration process that students might notice is how differently states registration methods vary. Students could compare and contrast the different methods and how the relative ease of the methods may incentive or create barriers for voter registration. Visit websites like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockthevote.org\/how-to-vote\/\">Rock the Vote<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/\">Ballotpedia<\/a>\u00a0to learn more.<\/p>\n<h5>More ideas\u2026<\/h5>\n<p>Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/get-involved\/\">Get Involved page<\/a>\u00a0on St. Olaf\u2019s vote website for other ways that students are being encouraged to get involved this election season with particular candidates and campaigns. 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Have students research their options for voting (in person, absentee mail-in, early voting, etc.) and determine the most appropriate options for them. Remind them that if they are registered to vote in MN, they must vote at the assigned polling place (for Oles who register using their on-campus address, that\u2019s Buntrock!). Review other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.state.mn.us\/elections-voting\/election-day-voting\/tips-for-new-voters\/\">Tips for New Voters<\/a>\u00a0for those voting in MN.<\/p>\n<h5>Remind students to vote<\/h5>\n<p>Include Election Day on your syllabus. Encourage students to go with others in their classes, friend groups, music ensembles, athletic teams, student orgs, residence hall floors, etc. Students are more likely to vote when they vote together!<\/p>\n<p>Students can sign up for important election reminders, including important deadlines and other information, at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockthevote.org\/how-to-vote\/get-election-reminders\/\">Rock the Vote.<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Review polling place location rules and rights<\/h5>\n<p>In Minnesota*\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No \u201cpolitical insignia\u201d (buttons, stickers, shirts, signs, etc.) is allowed with 100 feet of a polling place in the state of MN (other states may vary). This also includes vocalizing your support for certain candidates or political party.<\/li>\n<li>In MN, no photo IDs are required to vote. You only need a photo ID if you plan to register on election day.<\/li>\n<li>Taking photos is discouraged.<\/li>\n<li>You have the right to take a sample ballot with you into the polling booth.<\/li>\n<li>You have the right to ask for help.<\/li>\n<li>To read the most up-to-date information on these and other rules, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.state.mn.us\/elections-voting\/election-day-voting\/polling-place-rules\/\">MN Secretary of State\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*This information only applies to those voting in Minnesota. 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What narrative is being shaped?<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 0px;\">What is your perspective of this election as someone who is unable to participate in it?<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 0px;\">How does this election compare with governmental process in other parts of the world?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; padding-right: 30px; padding-left: 30px; font-size: 18px; max-width: 800px;\">Non-U.S. citizen students can have powerful stories to share that can contribute to intercultural learning and critical dialogue in the classroom. 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