With less than two weeks until Election Day, Arizonans are getting ready to vote. Former president Bill Clinton made an appearance at a Harris-Walz campaign event hosted at Chateau Luxe in Phoenix on Oct. 23 to discuss the importance of voting early.
The event opened with remarks from Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Harris campaign regional organizer Eden Wein, who both emphasized the point that the election was a mere 13 days away. Ruben Gallego, current Representative for Arizona’s third district and Senate candidate, addressed the crowd before introducing President Clinton.
“We have to make a decision,” Rep. Gallego said. “We have 13 days to decide the future of this state, and, essentially this country.”
During his speech, President Clinton called on the young voters of America to protect their futures.
“Whether we know it or not, we all keep score,” he said. “We’re always judging ourselves, our families, our work. We are keeping score. If you are young you should decide, how will I keep score… There are no permanent defeats or victories in politics. What really matters is something far deeper than that.”
College students who attended the event echoed his remarks and shared their thoughts on the importance of young Americans making their voices heard through the democratic process.
“It’s important that we get voters out to early vote. It’s good to get it out of the way. ASU students can just go to the Sun Devil Fitness Center to vote.” Dhruv Rebba, a 20-year-old computer science major at ASU, said.
Matthew Marich, a 19-year-old political science major at ASU agreed with Rebba’s sentiments.
“I think there’s a lot of excitement and enthusiasm from college students generally speaking, especially because we have a polling station in the center of our campus,” he said. “You see a lot of students going out and voting early, and I think that shows there’s going to be a high turnout. I think the event today was … a lot of excitement and a lot of energy, so hopefully a lot of people here tell their friends… to vote early in general.”
Voting stations are located on each of ASU’s four Arizona campuses. Early voting is available on ASU’s Tempe campus at the Sun Devil Fitness Center. At the Downtown Phoenix Campus, students can vote at the A.E. England building.
For students at ASU’s Polytechnic campus, early ballots can be submitted at the Student Union’s Cooley Ballroom. The West campus has a polling station at the Verde Dining Pavillion.
Until Oct. 28, polling locations are open every day except for Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. From Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 the hours will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. After the first and until election day the hours will return to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On election day the polls will be open from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. All ballots must be cast before 7 p.m. on election to be counted for the 2024 election. Mail-in ballots can also be submitted at the on-campus polling stations.