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Libraries honor September 11 with Voter Registration Day

 

NEWS RELEASE
August 31, 2004

For further information contact:
Judy Hoffman, 847/353-7137

On Saturday, September 11, over 80 Illinois public libraries will be serving as voter registration sites. The libraries, which serve more than 125 communities in 18 counties, have joined together for Honor September 11: Register to Vote @ your library®.

A full list of participating libraries can be found at http://www.nsls.info/issues/VoterRegistration .

"I can tell you how libraries and voters are connected," says Sarah Ann Long, director of the North Suburban Library System. "We're both interested in democracy and we're both interested in all sides of the issues. Libraries are providing voter registration on September 11 because they consider this a truly meaningful way to honor this date, and also to encourage participation in the democratic process."

Many libraries offer voter registration as an ongoing service, and will continue to register voters through October 5, which is the last day to register for the November election.

To register to vote, you must be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years old by November 2, 2004. At registration, two forms of identification must be presented, with one showing current residence address. The list of eligible IDs includes a driver's license, current utility bill, checkbook, state or school ID, credit card, social security card.

Honor September 11 has been coordinated by the North Suburban Library System, the League of Women Voters of Illinois and participating libraries.

The North Suburban Library System is an organization of over 650 academic, public, school and special libraries in the north and northwest Chicago suburbs. It is one of nine library systems in Illinois, funded through the Illinois State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State, Jesse White.