OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) – Are you registered to vote? Now would be a good time to check with National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday.
It was a set up of red, white and blue throughout Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City’s student center Tuesday. It wasn’t necessarily for a party or celebration, but to Dr. Steven Collins, a political science professor at the school, it was still a big day.
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“Today is about getting informed and getting involved,” Collins said.
September 17 marks National Voter Registration Day and OSU-OKC students organized an event to let students either register to vote or verify their voter registration as well as gather as much information as possible on the U.S. Constitution, voter precincts and more.
“Everyone needs to do it,” Student Jason Miller said. “I constantly hear people complain about different problems, but none of them actually want to try and fix it themselves.”
“We don’t care what party you register with or who you vote for, we want to give you as much information as you need to vote your conscience,” Collins said. “Even if you stay home, that’s a vote because it can tilt a close election one way or the other.”