Emerson Votes

Process

• Find your state in menu on the left 
• Verify your registration 
  • If you are not registered or have been purged from the rolls, register
• If you are away from your home county because you are in school, request an Absentee Ballot or ask for your mail ballot to be sent to your campus address.
  • Emerson College
    FirstName LastName – Box # 
    120 Boylston St.
    Boston MA 02116
• Research all your races.
  • Vote411.org is a great non-partisan site for comparisons on all races
  • Ballotpedia.org is another high quality non-partisan site for comparisons
  • You can get all sorts of information on state elections from the National Conference of State Legislatures, State Elections Legislation Database: https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/elections-legislation-database.aspx
    
•  Review all of the ballot instructions when they arrive and follow them exactly. 
  • Be sure that you include the right amount of postage and, if unsure, err on the side of an extra stamp. 
  • Pay attention to how to put the envelopes together - often you put your ballot in a sealed envelope and  put the sealed envelope in another envelope that may include an affidavit, a copy of ID, and be sealed with a signature, maybe the signature of a witness.
  • Pay special attention to whether the ballot must be RECEIVED or POSTMARKED by a particular day.  Give your ballot as long a window as possible to arrive [find a post office/postal box - https://tools.usps.com/find-location.htm].

If you do not have ID

The organization Voteriders.org will help you get one.

If either your ballot or application requires a notary public

If you need a notary, see this list of public notaries on campus to set up an appointment. Contact reference@emeson.edu for assistance.

If you have additional questions

Vote.gov is a federal site that gives a good deal of information about special circumstances and links to forms: https://vote.gov/

If you have questions or comments on any content, please email: Cate Schneiderman (c_schneiderman@emerson.edu)