Voting and Civic Engagement
Make your voice count by registering and casting your vote on Election Day. For a
list of candidates running for open positions in the upcoming election visit Ballot Ready.
In addition, you can visit guides.vote to learn insightful and well-sourced nonpartisan information on candidate positions.
These carefully researched guides allow readers to make confident voting decisions
based on a clear understanding about where the candidates stand on various issues.
Register and Vote
If you are a U.S. citizen and will be 18 years old by Election Day, you may be eligible
to vote. To learn more visit:
Not sure about whether or not you are registered to vote? Check your status, what
offices you can vote for, where to vote, and who your elected officials are. Please
select the county you reside in for the appropriate information.
Be an Election Judge
Students as young as 16 years old have the opportunity to serve as an election judge,
a paid position. To learn more, visit the Cook County Clerk (or your local election authority):
Fall 2024 Voting Programs, Events, and Resources at Harper College
Central to our students’ personal and academic growth is engaging with individuals
with different ideas and viewpoints, as long as you feel safe doing so. As a higher
education institution, Harper both values and has a responsibility to protect the
fundamental constitutional right to free speech and freedom of expression. These protections
cannot be forfeited, even when you disagree with the speech.
To better prepare you to engage in vigorous debate while maintaining a climate of
mutual respect, we encourage you to take advantage of our voting and civic engagement
resources and events. Building a community that reflects the highest ideals of democracy
is a responsibility that falls to each of us.
- Constitution Day Recognition: The Bill of Rights| Monday, September 16 from 9:30am - 10:45am | Building J Theatre, J143
- Democracy in Action, Part One | Thursday, September 19 | 3:45pm - 4:45pm | Building D, Cultural Center, D281
- Hawk the Vote | Tuesday, September 24 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Building L, Intersection
- Rock the Vote | Thursday, September 26 | 10:30am - 1:30pm | Avante Concourse
- Democracy in Action, Part Two | Thursday, October 3 | 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Building D, Cultural Center, D281
- Student Therapeutic Group Sessions | October 21, October 23, October 24, November 6, and November 7 | Various times
- sign-up required
- Cup of Care Stations | Wednesday, November 6 | 8:30am - 6:00pm | Building D, Rotunda; Library; Building
A, 2nd floor; Building M Lobby
Additional Resources for Harper Students
Additional Resources for Harper Employees
Harper College Library Resources
- CQ Voting and Elections: The CQ Press Voting & Elections Collection provides in-depth insight into the American
voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical
and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships. With key elections
data, historical information and objective analysis, this dynamic research and reference
tool puts the power directly into the hands of students, scholars, researchers and
interested citizens.
- CQ Supreme Court Collection: The CQ Press Supreme Court Collection blends historical analysis with timely updates
and expert commentary of Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court Justices,
Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution. Featuring summaries
and analyses of more than 10,000 major decisions, it offers unique contextual framework
and insight into the Court and its decisions.
- CQ Magazine: The CQ news team covers virtually every act of Congress, delivering nonpartisan
news and analysis unavailable anywhere else. This weekly news magazine features in-depth
reporting on public policy, politics, congressional legislation, and elections extending
back to 1983, including a complete wrap-up of news on Congress, the status of bills
in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates, and
all roll-call votes.
- Research Guide on Voting