Tuesday, September 26 is National Voter Registration Day 2017

On September 26, 2017, Americans will celebrate National Voter Registration Day with a massive 50-state effort to register voters before Election Day this November. The League of Women Voters of the Union Area plans to register voters at the Springfield Free Public Library, 66 Mountain Avenue, in Springfield, from 10 am to 5 pm.

With important local and state elections this fall and primaries for next year’s state and national elections months away, every eligible American voter should exercise his or her right to be heard at the ballot box. National Voter Registration Day is the right place to start by getting registered.

You can register to vote in New Jersey if:

You are a United States citizen;

You will be 18 years old by the November 7, 2017 election;

You will be a resident of New Jersey and Union County 30 days before the election;

You are NOT currently serving a sentence, probation or parole because of a felony conviction.

Are you registered to vote? Have you moved since you registered? Has your name changed since you registered?

Deadline to register to vote in November is Tuesday, October 17, 2017.

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, is dedicated to ensuring that all eligible voters – including first-time voters, non-college youth, new citizens, minorities, the elderly and low-income Americans – have the opportunity and the information to exercise their right to vote.

The effort’s website, www.NationalVoterRegistrationDay.org, provides a listing of National Voter Registration Day events across the country.

First started for the 2012 presidential election, National Voter Registration Day is designed to create an annual moment when the entire nation focuses on registering Americans to exercise their most basic right – the right to vote. More than two million Americans have registered to vote on this day since the inaugural National Voter Registration Day.