Does Your Vote Matter?
You may think your vote doesn’t matter. Welp, think again.
If you register to vote in PA, you become one of the most important voters in the entire United States.
And why is that?
Because we don’t pick a president by just counting up all the votes nationwide and giving it to the person who got the most. No, that’d make waaaaay too much sense.
The Electoral College
Instead, we have a system called the Electoral College. Whoever gets the most votes in a state gets a certain number of “electoral votes” for winning that state. The number of electoral votes you get for winning a state depends on how the size of the state’s population.
Pennsylvania is Pivotal
PA has the 5th biggest population of any state, so whoever wins it snags mucho electoral votes. And unlike other big states like CA and TX and NY, no one knows which way PA is going to go.
Why Pennsylvania Matters
Here’s what people do know: Whoever wins PA will almost certainly win this election.
It’ll be extremely close. In the last election, Biden beat Trump in PA by less than 81,000 votes. That may sound like a lot, but out of 6.8 million total votes statewide, it’s a tiny margin.
There are about 500,000 students who will be eligible to vote in PA in this election.
Are you thinking what we’re thinking?
That’s right – college voters in PA have the power to shift this entire election.
You and your friends have the power to choose a candidate who will fight for you.
That candidate is Kamala Harris
Your vote is crucial to putting her over the top in PA – and stopping Donald Trump.
Make Sure You Vote!
Election Day is Tuesday, November 5!
Polls are open from 7am-8pm.
Yes you can vote early.
Pennsylvania offers in-person early voting through Oct. 29. You can go to your county election office to request, fill out, and submit your ballot all at once before Election Day. Find your local county office and list of other designated locations:
The deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot is October 29.
Ballots must be returned to your county elections office by
8:00 pm on election day, November 5.
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