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The Associated Students of the University of Arizona wants more students registering to vote in time for the November election.
Volunteers will help students register using an online platform called Turbo Vote.
Student Body President Issac Ortega said Turbo Vote walks people through the registration process: logging on, entering a name and address and all the same information in a standard voter registration form – it’s just online and easier to navigate.
“The goal of it really is to make it really fast, simple, without intimidating paper, pen and all of this stuff that you have to mail," Ortega said. "So they’ll e-mail it to you and your only job is to give it to the post office.”
Ortega said his organization aims to register up to a thousand new voters in the next two weeks and to convey to students the importance of civic engagement.
“The way the university is, it’s almost like a bubble. You live here. This is it. So a lot of the issues that affect you post graduation haven’t really hit yet. But that’s kind of our job, to hopefully bridge that gap a little bit," he said.
Student body representatives will be stationed around campus with Turbo Vote on their laptops through Oct. 5.
The deadline to register to vote in Pima County in October 6, and the general election is Nov. 4.
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