Students get registered and ready for Election Day

Johns Hopkins University hosted an absentee ballot party on Tuesday morning to get students registered and ready to vote in the upcoming elections.

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Members of the Johns Hopkins community can register to vote, get election reminders, and receive absentee ballots by filling out a simple online form

More than 60 students stopped by Glass Pavilion on the university's Homewood campus to check their voter registration status, request a mail-in ballot from their state of residence, or submit absentee ballots. Many more students came by to pick up stamps to mail their completed ballots.

The absentee ballot party at was co-organized by JHU's Center for Social Concern and the HopkinsVotes initiative. All Hopkins affiliates can register to vote or check their registration status at TurboVote. Students who were not able to attend Tuesday's event and have questions about voting or need stamps can email hopkinsvotes@jhu.edu or stop by the Center for Social Concern at 3103 N. Charles St.

Image credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University

Image credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University