Row the Vote!
September 16, 2024
Your voice matters. Your vote makes a difference. Your vote is your voice in the political process and your ability to affect change.
The University of Minnesota Undergraduate Student Government has set a goal of achieving campus-wide 60% voter turnout on Election Day.
Let's Row the Vote!
Election Day is Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Minnesota provides you with three voting options. Learn more from M Vote, a new resource dedicated to providing voting information for UMN students, faculty and staff.
Unlike many states, you can wait until Election Day to register in Minnesota. However, we encourage you to register before Election Day—it will save you time at the polling place. Register to vote or update your registration.
The Minnesota Daily reports that the University of Minnesota’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) registered over one hundred new voters and gained more than 500 pledges from students, according to USG leadership, to vote as part of its Row the Vote campaign. Row the Vote is a nonpartisan campaign focusing on educating University students on their right to vote. During Welcome Week at the U of M, USG held tabling events at the Campus Exploration Fair on Friday and Explore U at Huntington Bank Stadium on Saturday. USG’s goal for this year’s campaign is to register at least 3,000 students to vote and to get 7,000 pledges. Additionally, USG is aiming for a campus-wide 60% voter turnout.
The USG Government and Legislative Affairs Team often find students are already registered to vote. Asking them to pledge is a way to remind students of their role in the election.
Riley Hetland, USG director of civic engagement and CFANS student majoring in Environmental Science, Policy and Management, is responsible for registering as many voters as possible by planning Row the Vote events in the months leading up to the election and educating student voters.
