{"id":926,"date":"2014-10-14T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T14:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/?p=926"},"modified":"2018-08-14T11:49:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:49:59","slug":"miad-students-and-voting-in-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2014\/10\/14\/miad-students-and-voting-in-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"MIAD students and voting in Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>General Election Day is Tuesday, November 4, 7 a.m. &#8211; 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MIAD students are able to vote in this upcoming election with the required documents and by registering to vote.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>What documents do students need to vote?<\/strong><br \/>\nOne of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A valid Wisconsin Driver&#8217;s License<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin State ID Card &#8211; students can obtain a free WI ID Card at the Department of Motor Vehicles<\/li>\n<li>A new MIAD Student ID that includes the student&#8217;s signature\n<ul>\n<li>Go to room R45 to provide your signature during normal business hours throughout the entire month of October. A new ID will be ready in minutes at no cost to the student.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How do students register to vote?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the documents needed to vote, students can now become a registered voter in the State of Wisconsin. Wisconsin has same-day voter registration, which means students can register when they go to vote on Tuesday, November 4. To register, students must bring a utility bill with their current address. MIAD recommends using a tuition invoice with the student&#8217;s local address, which only takes minutes to receive.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If needed, students must first change their address with the Registrar&#8217;s Office to their local, current address.<\/li>\n<li>Request a tuition invoice from the Student Accounts Office. A student&#8217;s local address will appear on the invoice, and it only takes a few minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where do students vote?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students should go to <a title=\"https:\/\/myvote.wi.gov\" href=\"https:\/\/myvote.wi.gov\">https:\/\/myvote.wi.gov<\/a> to find their polling place. They can also stop by the help desk in R45 and Student Services will help answer any questions and find polling locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Election Day is Tuesday, November 4, 7 a.m. &#8211; 8 p.m. MIAD students are able to vote in this upcoming election with the required documents and by registering to vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}