{"id":2675,"date":"2022-08-31T07:03:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T11:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:21:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:21:06","slug":"spc-is-vote-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/spc-is-vote-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"SPC is Vote Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>St. Petersburg College (SPC)<\/strong>&nbsp;wants to make sure that you are Vote Ready before Election Day on November 8! Florida\u2019s registration deadline is fast approaching on<strong>&nbsp;October 11, <\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>SPC encourages you to&nbsp;register to vote&nbsp;and&nbsp;participate. Here\u2019s how&nbsp;you&nbsp;can get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Register to Get Vote Ready<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s simple, it\u2019s free, and it\u2019s secure! College students can register to vote at their school address or their permanent\/home address if the two are different. Start the process at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vote.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vote.gov<\/a><\/strong> to get Vote Ready.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Already registered? Take a moment to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vote.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>confirm&nbsp;it<\/strong><\/a>. You can also sign up for&nbsp;TurboVote, the non-partisan text messaging system to insure you never forget an election.&nbsp;Please visit the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spcollege.turbovote.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPC TurboVote&nbsp;website<\/a><\/strong> for more information and to register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Request a Mail-in Ballot <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to vote by mail this year,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vote.org\/absentee-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">request your ballot today<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;The deadline to request that a vote-by-mail ballot be mailed to you&nbsp;is no later than <strong>5:00 p.m<\/strong>. (local time) on the 10th day before the election, which is <strong>October 29<\/strong> for this year&#8217;s General Election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take ten minutes today to visit&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vote.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vote.org<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to learn more about what\u2019s on the ballot, where your polling station is, and other ways to get involved ahead of Election Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Share That You&#8217;re Vote Ready<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you make sure you\u2019re registered, forward this post to a friend, and ask them to get Vote Ready. And make sure to share on social media that you&#8217;re <strong>#SPCVoteReady<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mark Your Calendar<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>September 20:<\/strong> National Voter Registration Day<\/li><li><strong>October 11:<\/strong> Florida Voter Registration Deadline&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>October 24: <\/strong>Florida&nbsp;General Election Early Voting<\/li><li><strong>October 29:<\/strong> Deadline to Request a Mail-in Ballot<\/li><li><strong>October 29\u2013November 5:<\/strong> Florida Early Voting Period<\/li><li><strong>November 8: <\/strong>General Election Day<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for taking a few moments to get Vote Ready and strengthen your community\u2014and our country\u2014with your voice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Petersburg College wants to make sure you&#8217;re Vote Ready on Election Day this year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":2359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[15],"class_list":["post-2675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civic-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>SPC is Vote Ready - Center for Civic Learning &amp; 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