{"id":7690,"date":"2016-10-11T15:43:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T20:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abodo.com\/blog\/?p=7690"},"modified":"2017-03-31T16:09:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T21:09:04","slug":"how-to-register-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/how-to-register-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Register to Vote If You\u2019re In College and You\u2019ve Never Done it Before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s October 11, less than a month from the presidential elections on November 8. This is a big one. Are you registered to vote?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe this is your first election, or maybe you\u2019re in college and not currently living in your home state. Whatever your situation, you need to be registered to vote next month. Don\u2019t just assume that because you went to the DMV five years ago to get a license that you\u2019re still registered \u2014 especially if you\u2019re out-of-state. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration deadlines \u2014 as well as I.D. requirements \u2014 vary by state, as do registration methods. In some states, you can register online, while in others you must do so by mail or in-person at the City or County Clerk\u2019s office. (Only thirteen states allow same-day registration at the polls.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TODAY<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, October 11th, is a very common deadline, and applies for these states: Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Montana, Tennessee, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, and Louisiana. And as the month goes on, deadlines for more and more states will start to pop up. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Check out <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handy guide from the New York Times for pertinent deadlines.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>So if you haven\u2019t already, it\u2019s time to get cracking<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check to see if\/where you\u2019re registered using this handy tool from vote.org: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vote.org\/am-i-registered-to-vote\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.vote.org\/am-i-registered-to-vote\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re already registered, great! Locate your polling place.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you aren\u2019t, register! Use this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Election Assistance Commission to see if you can register online, and if you can\u2019t, to print off an application to mail. (For mail-in applications, the deadline is usually a postmark, so get to the post office ASAP!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, by all means, VOTE!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s October 11, less than a month from the presidential elections on November 8. This is a big one. Are you registered to vote? Maybe this is your first election, or maybe you\u2019re in college &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"How to Register to Vote If You\u2019re In College and You\u2019ve Never Done it Before\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/how-to-register-to-vote\/#more-7690\" aria-label=\"More on How to Register to Vote If You\u2019re In College and You\u2019ve Never Done it Before\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[149],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7690"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7695,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7690\/revisions\/7695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}