This presentation will help you think through what your specific role is in Get Out the Vote and what you need to do to kick off your campaign. Michael Wall will answer all of your specific voting questions regarding the who, when, and how of voting.

1. What You Need to Know
About Get Out the Vote
By: Outreach Coordinator Samantha Beck

2. 1) State legislators can
greatly influence the cost
of tuition.
2) Get Out the Vote will
help your senate grow!!
3) You will be able to reach
more students and new
types of students.
Why should you care?

3. What is your role as a regional
leader?
 Support the presidents and senates in your
region.
◦ (Check the handout)
2015-2016
Regional
Leaders

4.  You are the campus lead on Get Out the
Vote! You will either need to do or delegate
to someone in your senate to:
◦ Create a GOTV Plan
◦ Get the ball rolling on class raps, tabling, and Welcome
Week events etc.
◦ See the step by step process pg. 3-5 of GOTV Toolkit
Campus President Role

5.  The best way prepare for GOTV is:
◦ 1) Set a goal
◦ 2) Create a plan that will help you reach your goal
◦ 3) Recruit volunteers to build your team!
How do you prepare for
GOTV?

6.  Start by getting comfortable with the class rap script-
particularly the language around why voting is
important
◦ Think about why voting is important to you and what issues
affect you.
Step 1
Practice, Practice,
Practice for Class
Raps and your
Tabling Pitch!!!

7.  Schedule times to do class raps around campus. Get
your senate to help you.
◦ As you get out on campus more and talk to more students,
make sure you are asking them if they would like to volunteer.
Step 2
Regular & consistent
outreach will help you
reach your pledge goal
and build your team!!!

8.  Participate in all campus events like
Welcome Week, campus picnics,
Constitution day
◦ Work with your senate adviser and student
life department to plan for these.
 Pledge people that are waiting in long
lines the first week of class:
◦ Bookstore Pick-Up
◦ Financial Aid Lines
◦ Food lines at events
Step 3

9.  Have fun, talk to
students, and
get them to
pledge to vote.
 More details can
be found in
your GOTV
Toolkit!
 Let me or Minda
know if you
have any
questions!
Last Slide!

10. Voting:
Who; When; How
Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State • mnvotes.org

11. Eligibility
• Same to register as to vote? Changes between
now and then…
• Register before you are 18; 18 by election day.
• You can’t register based on a FUTURE address.
(Use same-day.)

12. Voter Eligibility
• Be at least 18-years-old on Election Day
• Be a citizen of the United States
• Reside in Minnesota for 20 days immediately
preceding Election Day
• Finished with all parts of any felony
sentence

13. Voter Eligibility
• Be at least 18-years-old on Election Day
• 201.061 REGISTRATION ON OR BEFORE ELECTION
DAY.
• §Subdivision 1.Prior to election day. (a) At any time except during the 20
days immediately preceding any regularly scheduled election, an
eligible voter or any individual who will be
an eligible voter at the time of the next
election may register to vote in the precinct in which the voter
maintains residence by completing a voter registration application as
described in section 201.071, subdivision.
This varies from state to state: http://www.rockthevote.com/voter-
registration/online-application-system/register-before-you-are-18-
rules.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/

14. Voter Eligibility
• Reside in Minnesota for 20 days immediately
preceding Election Day
• This is MN, not the precinct. You can move into a
new place on November 8, and if you have the right
proof, register and vote that day.

15. Voter Eligibility
• Finished with all parts of any felony
sentence
• Your criminal record does not affect your right to
vote in Minnesota unless you are currently serving
a felony conviction sentence, including probation,
parole or supervised release.
• “Off paper” means you may vote in MN.

16. Where to vote: campus or
hometown?
• Students are allowed to decide whether to vote
from campus or home

17. Get registered
• Save time on Election Day by pre-registering at least
three weeks in advance—October 18 deadline for 2016
• Online at mnvotes.org (by 11:59 p.m., October 18)
• Mail (received by election officials by October 29; MAX 10
days after signing)
• In-person (by 5 p.m., October 18)
• You can also register on Election Day
• You must register again each time you move, changes
names or don’t vote for more than 4 years

18. Focus on Pre-Registration!
• It is better for all involved—the voter, other voters,
and election officials—to register in advance
• It reduces long-lines and increases the likelihood
that they will be able to vote without any problems,
since they don’t need to bring additional
identification on Election Day
• Election Day registration should be a back-up to
be used if needed (PLAN B)

19. Tips for Pre-registration Success
• The deadline to register online is 11:59 p.m., 21 days before
Election Day.
• The deadline to register on paper is 5 p.m., 21 days before
Election Day.
• Completed forms must be received by election officials within 10
days of the signature date
• Return to either the Secretary of State’s office, or the voter’s county
election office
• Don’t let voters down! Make a plan to return them, and stick to it.
• Otherwise, you can register on Election Day at your polling place.

20. • To register on Election Day, you will need to
provide proof of residence.
• There are many options.
Election Day Registration

21. Election Day Registration/
. What ID will I need to vote?
• Voters who pre-registered do not need to bring
additional identification to the polling place.
• Voters who need to register or update their
registration must show proof of residence.
There are many options.

23. You can vote early (Absentee
Voting)
• Absentee voting means voting by mail or in
person before Election Day, instead of at the
polling place.
• You can have an absentee ballot mailed to you,
or get one in person at your county elections
office.
• You don’t need a reason (“No Excuses”).

24. Know your rights! You have the right
to:
• Vote without anyone in the polling place trying to influence you
• Take a sample ballot with you into the voting booth
• Receive help from election judges or a person of their choice,
except an agent of your employer, union, or a candidate.
• Receive a replacement ballot if you make a
mistake on your ballot before you cast it
• Get paid time off to go to polling place, vote,
and return to work
• You have the right to vote as a college student living
in your precinct if you meet the qualifications and consider it your
home.

26. A Website Tour
• Registering
• Voting
• Ballot View
• Voter Outreach Opportunities
• General Elections Information

27. http://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting Or mnvotes.org

28. If you are homeless, register to vote using the location of where you sleep
as your address.
You may need to go to the polling place with someone (see details below) who can
confirm where you are living.
When you register to vote, you must provide your current residence. This is the place
where you sleep, so if you sleep in a shelter, at a friend's house, or outside somewhere,
that is your voting residence.
If you sleep outside, write a description of its location on line four of your voter registration
application. i.e., "In the NW corner of Jefferson Park near the intersection of Winston Ave.
and Smith St."
Register before Election Day: If you register before Election Day using an outdoor
location as your residence, your voter record will be marked 'challenged' because the
county could not confirm a specific street address. You will still be able to vote, but at the
polling place on Election Day you will be asked to swear under oath that you are living at
that location.
Register on Election Day: You can also register on Election Day. You will need to show
proof of residence.
If you live outside, in a shelter, or are staying at a friend's house, you may not have any
documents proving you live there. If so, a registered voter from your precinct can go with

29. Resources to Have on Hand at
Registration
• Fact Sheets
• Sample Ballot
• MN Voter’s Bill of Rights (MN Statutes
204C.08, subd. 1b)

30. Contact
Michael Wall, Voter Outreach Specialist
Office of Minnesota Secretary of State, Steve
Simon
Michael.Wall@state.mn.usPhone: 651-201-6892 1
80 State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
http://www.sos.state.mn.us