Voter Registration

Over the Easter holidays, I spent time planning the activities to get students registered to vote.

This week has been the start of the final push to get students registered to vote in time for the next set of elections and the whole officer team have been helping me out.

We have set up a unit outside Spar as a voter registration station- this is open and manned 12-2 each day and students have been coming along to sign up to vote!

Gradball queue- The whole sabbatical team are going to be taking on the gradball queue tomorrow, offering incentives to register and hopefully getting as many people to register as possible!

Academics- I have been working with academics from the European Research Institute, and will be doing a voter registration session along side Margot Wallstrom, Vice President of the European Commission at conference they are holding on the 14th of May. If any first time voters are interested in meeting Margot Wallstrom, please get in touch with me at h.jones@guild.bham.ac.uk

Press Releases- Press releases for Redbrick and local papers have been prepared to highlight the work we have been doing to increase voter registration. The electoral commission are also sending us a giant inflatable X to do some photo opportunities with next week.

Selly Oak- All students in University accomodation are automatically registered to vote, so we have been targeting Selly Oak.
I wrote a letter to residents on behalf of the whole officer team with information about registering, including deadlines etc. With these letters will be registration forms and a stamped addressed envelope.

The electoral commission have marked our registration forms especially so that we can measure how effective our efforts have been!

So if you haven't registered to vote already you have until the 19th of May to do so. Visit the about my vote websiter here to fill out a registration form, or come along to the Guild!