Quinsigamond Community College Gets the Vote Out

WORCESTER, MA— September 16, 2020 —  Quinsigamond Community College students are getting the word out about the power and impact of voting. As a service to our community, the College has developed an informational video campaign that highlights college students discussing the importance of voting. The videos remind people of the October 8 deadline for voter registration, and encourage everyone to participate in our upcoming elections. In addition to producing videos, the College is using #QCCVotes to drive voter registrations and student participation via social media.

The College’s easy to navigate webpage, www.QCC.edu/vote offers a direct link to the Commonwealth’s voter registration page and other important voting information. QCC is working in collaboration with the Higher Education Consortium Central MA (HECCMA) and its Get Out The Vote Group, as well as MassVote, to promote the videos throughout the City of Worcester and help build awareness. QCC is also supporting MassVote’s Spanish speaking Zoom event on September 24 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., “Your Voting Rights During the COVID 19 Crisis”/“VOTE INFORMADAMENTE: Sus derechos al votar durante la crisis de COVID 19.”

"It’s such an important time in our nation’s history and exercising your right to vote is one of the most impactful and powerful duties we can do as American citizens,” said Director of Community Bridges Déborah González.

Young voters have the power to change elections and represent close to one third of the voting population, yet historically vote less often than those of the baby boomer generation. QCC’s Voting campaign shines the spotlight on the ability to shape the future through voting.

“Voting enables people to affect change, shape polices and make a better future,” Ms. González continued.

A 2018 study done by Tufts University showed that college students more than doubled their rate of voting between mid-term election voting in 2014 and 2018, and according to Pew Research Center, Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Xers cast more votes in the 2016 presidential election.

“This demonstrates the power of younger voters. They are the driving force behind what will happen on November 3 and what the future holds for our country,” said QCC Associate Vice President for External Affairs, Viviana Abreu-Hernandez, adding,” I encourage everyone to make sure they register to vote and vote early.”

Visit www.QCC.edu/vote to get more information on how and where to vote.

For more information on QCC, contact Josh Martin, Director of Institutional Communications at 508.854.7513 or jmartin [at] qcc.mass.edu

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