A voting palooza for students to register and learn at UMD

In the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Kirby Center, students are invited to participate in civic engagement and get answers about voting. They are hosting a tabling event called Voterpalooza. Voterpalooza is a big tabling event where we invite a lot of student groups and groups around Duluth to come here and encourage students to vote and provide answers to questions they may have.

As tables fill the hallway for the League of Women Voters, the Student Government Association, and Sea Change will be in Kirby. Julia Covert, the Legislative Relations Director for Student Government Association, shared about why they put on this palooza.

“We have a lot of tables encouraging early voter registration. You can register to vote here, you can get an absentee ballot, and then of course we have Champ coming later making an appearance, got some free donuts. It’ll be super fun.”

Students are able to register to vote as well as get answers to questions about where they vote, voting in relation to where they used to live, and many other things in regard to their civic engagement. Another aspect of the tabling is the Conservation Minnesota Voter Center.

Constitutional Amendment on Voting Ballet

A public Land and Outdoor Recreation Program Manager is at the palooza to help inform the public about the one constitutional amendment on the ballet this year. This amendment is asking to renew the lottery funds that go to the Great Outdoors projects in Minnesota. He elaborated on what it did more specifically.

“So, everything from clean water and outdoor recreation to youth environmental education and wildlife research. Among many other things, over the last 30 years that these funds have been allocated to outdoor projects over a billion dollars have gone from lottery sales to outdoor projects here in the state. And we have an opportunity to continue that funding for another 25 years and just encouraging folks to vote yes. A couple things we just want people to know out here is that this is not a tax. This is something we’ve been doing for 30 years, and we just want to renew it and continue doing this for another 25.”

They are asking for people to vote yes, to ensure that the outdoor projects stay in state’s power and wished for the public to be aware that leaving the answer flank counts as a “no” vote.