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GREAT NEWS from the League of Women Voters
of Greater Pittsburgh!
Student Memberships are now FREE and joining the League is easy!
We need your ideas, your energy, and your talents. If you care about our country like we do,
we hope you will join with us to "Empower Voters. Defend Democracy!"

Click here and click the blue "JOIN US" button (top right) or email membership@lwvpgh.org .

NEW Resources
for NEW and YOUNG Voters
and for Students Ages 18-24

Voting and Elections can be complicated, but the
League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh can help!

ANSWER QUESTIONS: Short slide shows, videos, and graphics
answer all the questions new and young voters may have.
"Where will I vote?" "How do I register to vote?"
What about me--I'm an out-of-state student?"

STUDENT VOTER DRIVES: This nonpartisan, reliable information
will help you train your volunteers!

VOTER RESOURCE LIBRARY

VIDEO LIBRARY

What's your voter registration status?
Check to See If You Are Registered to Vote & FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE, Your Municipality, Ward, and District. Your Registration Info

QUESTIONS about your voter registration status? KNOW YOUR VOTING RIGHTS Webpage

What's your political party?

Need help figuring out which political party to register as when you register to vote?
Not sure if you're a Democrat, Republican, Independent or other?
Take the Pew Political party typology quiz here.

Not-Much-Fun Fact: In Pennsylvania, only the two major political parties-- Democratic and Republican-- are recognized and
only candidates from those two political parties appear on the ballots in PA's Closed Primaries.
In other words, in PA's Closed Primaries, Democrats vote for Democrats and Republicans vote for Republicans.
The winners of the Primaries then appear on the fall General Election ballots.

In addition to the Democratic and Republican candidates on the General Election ballot, there may be candidates from the other parties,
like Green and Libertarian, "political bodies" whose candidates may appear only on General Election ballots.
There is no "Independent" party recognized in PA.

Are you an 18- to 26-year-old?

Give yourself the gift of democracy!

Take ownership of the power that comes from the rights and responsibilities of turning eighteen. Our democracy is strong when young people are engaged in shaping the future! Share these graphics with your friends, family, co-workers, fellow students.

Claim Your Power- College-U 18th Birthday Card PA 18th Birthday Card US

To share these graphics on social media, please copy this link:

18th Birthday in PA: www.lwvpgh.org/docs.ashx?id=907645
18th Birthday in US: www.lwvpgh.org/docs.ashx?id=907636
Claim Your Power (College-University): www.lwvpgh.org/docs.ashx?id=910789

3 CHOICES
Decide which address you will use to register to vote.
Download: https://www.lwvpgh.org/
docs.ashx?id=1018389

OUT-of-STATE Students Vote
National websites to help out-of-state students register to vote.
Download: https://www.lwvpgh.org/
docs.ashx?id=1018390

College- Uni Poll Worker
If you are at least 18-years-old and registered to vote, you can apply to be a poll worker.
Download: https://www.lwvpgh.org/
docs.ashx?id=1023863

GENERIC Poll Worker
If you are at least 18-years-old and registered to vote, you can apply to be a poll worker.
Download: https://www.lwvpgh.org/
docs.ashx?id=1023864

Student Poll Worker Poster
If you are a high school student who is at least 17-years-old, you can apply to be a poll worker.
Download: https://www.lwvpgh.org/
docs.ashx?id=1023862

What's your voting plan?
Register to vote now--don't wait!
If you are 18-year-old by the next election, you can register to vote up to
30 day before Election Day.
You can apply for a mail-in ballot up to 15 days before Election Day.

Register ONLINE:
TURBOVOTE.org or vote.pa.gov
Or print off a paper voter registration application here .
Need help filling it out? No worries. Line-by-line instructions:
INSTRUCTIONS for PRINTED Voter Reg WITH Mail-in Ballot App

On the right: Make a Plan to Vote graphic and APPROVED ID for First-time Voters

Need more help? Email us at civic.education@lwvpgh.org

MORE HERE:
MAKE-A-PLAN Webpage

MAIL-IN VOTING Webpage

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Webpage

What about CANDIDATE information?
At Vote411.org you can register to vote and find voter information. But the best part about this League of Women Voters' website is the candidate information. Voters can compare candidates side-by-side, see candidate photos, bios, link to candidate websites, and see answers to questions from the League of Women Voters.
YouTube VIDEO- Walkthrough Vote411.org Clickable Vote411.org Slide Deck

Digital Voters Guide from the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh:
Vote411.org

enEspanol version:
Vote411.org/es

When in doubt...

We are here to help! We can answer questions about:

• Registering to vote

• Requesting your mail-in or absentee ballot for an election

• Voting in person or by mail for an election and Candidate Information!

What we CAN’T help with:

• Telling you who or what to vote for. That’s up to you!

Email us at civic.education@lwvpgh.org

What's Going On?

Anytime is a great time to raise your Civic IQ:

Checkout these great resources:

Voter Resource Library FACT OR FICTION GRAPHIC How to PICK a Candidate National Constitution Center

Refresh your PA Government knowledge by viewing our webpages under that menu tab.

MANY THANKS to the League of Women Voters of Maine for the inspiration and message for this page.

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Are you an 18- to 26-year-old?

Give yourself the gift of democracy!

Take ownership of the power that comes from the rights and responsibilities of turning eighteen. Our democracy is strong when young people are engaged in shaping the future! Share these graphics with your friends, family, co-workers, fellow students.