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Crimson White Multimedia Editor David Jones for State Representatives and Executive Off Ers Lead Page Designer Savannah Bullard on Nov THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018 VOLUME 125 | ISSUE 16 GAMEDAY: Alabama vs. TURBOVOTE 3 OUR VIEW 4 Tennessee Out-of-state students now have The CW Editorial Board argues multiple options to register for it is imperative for students to absentee ballots vote in every election CW / Shana Oshinskie MAKE YOUR STORIES OF STUDENT SUCCESS SHELTON STATEMENT As a transient student at UA, Taylor Rodgers saves time and money by taking extra courses at Shelton State. Join her today and make your own Shelton Statement! Visit sheltonstate.edu to learn about Taylor Rodgers. It is the policy of the Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees and Shelton State Community College, a postsecondary institution under its control, that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, disability, gender, age, or any other protected class as defined by federal and state law, be excluded from participation, denied benefits, or subjected to discrimination under any program, activity, or employment. Important information about the educational debt, earnings, and completion rates of students attending programs can be found at sheltonstate.edu/gainfulemployment. thursday 2 October 18, 2018 SCENE ON INSTA @im_just_nick @thecmill: “LOCK down fd” cw.ua.edu @katiebuhai P.O. Box 870170 414 Campus Drive East Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Newsroom: (205) 348-6144 Fax: (205) 348-8036 Advertising: (205) 348-7845 EDITORIAL STAFF editor-in-chief Jake Stevens [email protected] managing editor Arielle Lipan digital editor Jared Earl production editor Rebecca Griesbach visuals editor Shana Oshinskie chief copy editor Elizabeth Moseley WHAT’S INSIDE FIND US: opinions editor Cassie Kuhn [email protected] ONLINE news editor Camille Studebaker CANDIDATES Learn about the platforms [email protected] behind the gubernatorial campaigns of Gov. cw.ua.edu culture editor Irene Richardson [email protected] Kay Ivey and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox. sports editor Cody Estremera 5 [email protected] FACEBOOK photo editor Emma Junck POLLING Find out where to cast your ballot The Crimson White multimedia editor David Jones for state representatives and executive off ers lead page designer Savannah Bullard on Nov. 6 with our map of polling sites. social media editor Michaela Hancock 6 TWITTER ADVERTISING STAFF @TheCrimsonWhite ad representatives Emma Pyne CELEBRITY Students and faculty react to Rayven Lane Abigail Wolfe Taylor Swift’s social media callout, which Gabbie Waller Tricia Ownby 8 urged her fans to register to vote. 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Material herein may not be reprinted without the expressed, written permission of The Crimson White. voting October 18, 2018 3 Students navigate absentee voter registration With most of the UA population coming from beyond Tuscaloosa County, most student voters will not be going through the typical residential voting process this election. out slowly from there, printed the BY AUDREY HARPER form out. A friend told me I could AND JACKSON FUENTES do it online, but turns out I actually CONTRIBUTING WRITERS just registered to vote, but I already was registered to vote. So then I had to go back. Overall I would rate the idterm Election Day, which process as a little obscure. It could be Moccurs every two years, worse, it could be made easier.” will be Nov. 6 nationwide, with Camden said students should be constituents voting on new advised that registering to vote and congressional representatives filling out their request for absentee and on local laws and ordinances. ballots are two different actions Alabama residents will be voting for a with different deadlines. new governor between two The deadline to register to vote candidates: Kay Ivey (R), Alabama’s in the state of Alabama for the current governor, and Walt Maddox 2018 midterm is Monday, Oct. 22. In (D), mayor of Tuscaloosa. Alabama, the deadline to request “Of UA’s fall 2018 undergraduate an absentee ballot is Nov. 1, and the students, approximately 40 percent deadline to send it in is Nov. 6, but are from the state of Alabama and different deadlines apply in different CIVIC DUTY – Students registering to vote must sign the form that they fill out on approximately 58 percent are from states, according to the Federal TurboVote and mail it in before the registration deadline of Oct. 22. Photo courtesy of Harrison Adams out-of-state,” Assistant Director Voting Assistance Program (FVAP). of Media Relations Chris Bryant “The way absentee ballots work in Mentoring, Resilience and Citizenship we started working to try to get said in an email. Pennsylvania is that they have this Mary Lee Caldwell said TurboVote’s TurboVote here.” application form you have to print system serves as a one-stop resource Caldwell said the University out and then mail to them,” said shop for civic engagement that works pays TurboVote for both the online freshman international relations to get students registered to vote and platform and the mailing service, major Lena Johnson, a student from helps them apply for absentee ballots which includes TurboVote’s pre- Pennsylvania. “I sent them that or mail ballots. TurboVote also stamped envelopes, allowing application two or three weeks ago, alerts students about deadlines students to send in their absentee It wasn’t a hard and it got here today. It wasn’t a hard regarding sending and receiving ballot registrations for free. process, it’s not process, it’s not super easy to fill out absentee ballots, in addition to Students registering to vote must and they’re not user-friendly, but it’s information about polling locations sign the form that they fill out on super easy to fill not that bad.” and election dates. TurboVote and mail it in, said Grover. out and they’re not John C. Bennett, deputy chief TurboVote does not require the of staff and press secretary for University to reach a certain number user-friendly, but it’s Alabama Secretary of State John H. of sign ups in order to renew the not that bad. Merrill, said students have contract, but SGA Vice President of different options within the state to External Affairs Harrison Adams, get absentee ballots. We want everybody a junior majoring in economics and “You have to go into an office or finance, said he hopes to have the LENA JOHNSON call, for the Secretary of State’s to vote. That’s what highest registration numbers in the office we would send you one or our mission has been Southeastern Conference (SEC). LSU With so many UA students not you can call the absentee election currently leads the SEC in registered from Tuscaloosa County or even the manager officer in the county since we started. voters via TurboVote. state, many will need to vote via an where you are registered to vote,” “We’re really close to LSU right absentee ballot. Bennett said. “There are definitely now,” Adams said. In order to vote via absentee ways for people to get those forms JOHN BENNETT The University is only 12 sign ballot, one must be registered to for those without internet access. ups shy of exceeding its goal of vote, and there are several ways to However, most students have 500 TurboVote sign ups, and it do this. The quickest is to register outstanding internet access.” Grover said bringing TurboVote expects to surpass that number at a online on websites like vote.org Another voting option for out-of- to campus was the byproduct of Board of Registrar’s voter drive on and TurboVote.org. If students are state students is to use TurboVote, a bigger mission that began in Oct. 18, Adams said.
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