1) Confirm that you are registered at
your current address. Boone County residents can do this if they CLICK HERE. Others can check with their county clerks. If you're not registered at all, it's too late
to register for this election. Perhaps you can encourage any friends
who are eligible, but weren't planning to vote, to change their minds
and turn out after all.
2) If you're a Missouri voter who's
moved since you registered, but still live in Missouri, it's not too
late to change your address and vote at the correct polling location
for where you currently live. If you live in Boone County you can do
this at any time on-line just CLICK HERE.
If you live in a different county, please check with your county
clerk's office.
3) Make a plan to vote, including where and
when. Depending on your situation, this could include arranging
childcare, time off from work, caring for others, etc.
Decide
if you want to vote early, at one of the early voting sites or if you
want to wait and vote on election day (Tuesday, November 5), either
at your designated polling place or one of the four central polling
places (see below).
For Boone voters the early sites and
times for no excuse early voting are:
Everyday through
November 4 (except Sunday), 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Boone Government Center,
801 E. Walnut, Columbia
October 28-October 31, 10am-6pm: Memorial Union, Second Floor
November 1, 10am-1pm: Memorial Union, Second Floor
November 2, 10am-5pm: Southern Boone
Middle School Cafeteria in Ashland & Impact Support Services in
Centralia (formerly the East Annex Building on Switzler)
Voting
on election day, Tuesday, November 5, is from 6 a.m to 7 p.m., either
at your assigned polling place or at one of the four central polling
places:
Boone County Government Center, 801 E. Walnut,
Columbia
Memorial Union, Second Floor North, 518 Hitt St,
Columbia
Friendship Baptist Church, 1707 Smiley Ln,
Columbia
Woodcrest Chapel, 2201 W. Nifong Blvd, Columbia
Your assigned polling place can be
accessed on-line, just CLICK HERE
4) Do your research. You likely know who you're voting for,
at least for some of the contested races on your ballot, but you
might want to know more about others. The time to do this is not
while you're filling out your ballot. Check out candidates' websites,
do Google searches to see what they might have said or done that's
not on their sites. For an unbiased source, check out Ballotpedia.
Also,
be sure to check out the ballot issues. There are some that seem to
have had their ballot titles written to confuse voters, so check
these out in advance for sure.
5) If you find
information you feel is important to share, use social media to get
the word out, but be sure the sources are legit. As you might have
heard, not everything you see on the internet is true.
6)
Encourage family, friends, neighbors etc. who are registered to get
out to vote. Offer them rides to the polls, kid care, etc.
7)
There is much riding on this year's election. Engage if you can. And,
by the way, both candidate and ballot issue campaigns are still
looking for volunteers. Plug in if you feel so moved.
