Employee Voter Registration Week September 21-25

In just over one year, America will be selecting a new President along with new senators and local officials. To help make a dent in the number of unregistered citizens across the country, Employee Voter Registration Week was created.

The week is celebrated September 21-26. During this week, companies and associations will join together in an effort to encourage voter registration among private sector employees. The initiative will not tell employees how to vote or who to vote for, but instead aims to serve as a resource to help employers educate their employees about the issues that are important to their industries and provide key deadlines, voter registration, and polling location information.

The non-profit Business-Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC) uses this time to to show employees that every vote counts, even in large elections.

Their website says: America works better when Americans vote, but Americans can't vote unless they are registered. People don't register because they forget, or it's too complicated or time-consuming, or perhaps they have moved and just haven't updated their voter registration. The truth is that registering to vote is simple and doesn't take much time or effort.

Visit www.employeesvote.org for more information on how to register.