Educate your students about the election.
Educate your students about the election.
At MATC we say that we transform lives. We want our students to be both well educated in their fields and engaged in the world around them. There's no better way to teach engagement than to get your students involved in the election.
Research the candidates and the issues The differences between the candidates are very stark this year, making it easier for students to discover those differences by researching how those candidates differ on issues that our students might care about. Encourage your students to visit the candidates' websites, read a quality newspaper, or look up the issues on some of the following non-partisan websites devoted to voter information:
Ballotpedia -- look up your local ballot
Pro Publica Represent --find your legislators and see how they've voted
FactCheck --fact-checking project run by the Annenberg Public Policy Center
Students can use these sites to research issues that they care about like the cost of college, racial justice, access to health care, immigrant rights and others.
Show them how to register and vote. The easiest way for most students to register is to go towww.myvote.wi.govand follow the directions on the website.
Create a plan to vote. Do they need to request an absentee ballot? Do they know the deadline? Do they want to vote early? Do they know where to go? Are they going to vote on Election Day? Do they know when that is and where they are voting? Vote411, run by the League of Women Voters can help them find their ballots, their polling places, and a list of candidates and issues they'll be voting on.
Help keep elections free and fair.
The City of Milwaukee is looking for election day poll workers. Pay is $230 for the day on November 3.
Ask your students if they want to be a poll worker and be paid $230 for the day on November 3rd. Apply at the City of Milwaukee Election Commission site.
