{"id":24,"date":"2024-11-12T21:27:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T21:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/community-outreach-and-engagement\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-03-05T14:17:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:17:57","slug":"civic-engagement-voting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/community-outreach-and-engagement\/civic-engagement-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic Engagement &#038; Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-24\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-24-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-24-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"big-text panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-24-0-0-0\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office of Community Outreach &amp; Engagement is dedicated to ensuring our students are active, engaged citizens who participate in democratic processes and public policy-making. We have partnered with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/democracy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Center for the Study of Democracy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/multicultural-programs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multicultural Programs Office<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to offer information and programming related to voting and civic engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-24-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-24-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryscountymd.gov\/supervisorofelections\/electedofficials\/\">information about our local elected officials <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.maryland.gov\/voting\/index.html\">information about voting, including voter registration<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those interested in becoming a voter registration volunteer or serving as elections judges should reach out to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryscountymd.gov\/supervisorofelections\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Mary\u2019s County Board of Elections<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Various community groups support civic engagement through promoting political parties, registering voters and encouraging voting, providing nonpartisan information about candidates or endorsing candidates for elected office. We can connect you with community groups of interest. <\/span><a href=\"mailto:community@smcm.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reach out to our Office.<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwv.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">League of Women Voters<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NAACP<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/easmc.net\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EASMC<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/maryland\/southern-maryland-group\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sierra Club Southern Maryland<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmarysdemocrats.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Mary\u2019s County Democrats<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stmaryscountygop.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Mary\u2019s County Republican Party<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-24-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-24\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/12\/Nnedi-Okorafor-2-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/12\/Nnedi-Okorafor-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/12\/Nnedi-Okorafor-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/12\/Nnedi-Okorafor-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/12\/Nnedi-Okorafor-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/12\/Nnedi-Okorafor-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/12\/Nnedi-Okorafor-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" title=\"Nnedi Okorafor 2\" alt=\"Three people sit onstage at a St. Mary&#039;s County Library event. 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