August 25, 2023
Empire State University Holds Voter Registration Event With Town of Brighton’s IDEA Board
Unregistered voters can register to vote at farmer’s market August 27
(BRIGHTON, NY – AUGUST 24, 2023) Empire State University is partnering with the Town of Brighton’s Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Advisory (IDEA) Board to hold a voter registration event. The event will take place during the Brighton Farmer’s Market on Sunday, August 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The market is located at 1150 S. Winton Road, Rochester, New York. All voter registration forms will be provided to the New York State Board of Elections.
Representatives from Empire State University will be in attendance to help run the event.
The voter registration drive is being held in honor of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, in which organizers rallied one of the largest demonstrations on the grounds of the nation’s capital on August 28, 1963. During the march, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a historic speech pleading for racial and social justice—speaking to voter disenfranchisement, economic disparities, and police brutality.
SUNY Empire’s Rochester location at 680 Westfall Road has served as a polling place for early voting and on election day since October 2019, when early voting began in New York state. This year, early voting will be held from October 28 to November 5. Election Day is Tuesday, November 7.