STATE
LOCAL
2012 Voter Information
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Dr. Clyde Frazier
Registering to Vote
North Carolina Deadline - Fri. Oct. 12
Requirements to register:
—US Citizen
—18 years old by Nov. 6
—30 days residence at your current
address by Nov. 6
You can register on campus:
Self-service registration stations are
set up in Joyner, Belk Dining Hall and
Cate Center
Deposit your completed form in the
box and it will be mailed to the board of
elections
Don’t forget to check the boxes at the
top of the form and to sign the form.
Consider changing your registration to
Raleigh:
The residence requirement is just 30
days so you are eligible to register and
vote in Raleigh unless you have definite
plans to return to your parents home
after graduation.
NC law also allows students to regis
ter in the county where their parents
live. Consider registering in Raleigh
unless you have a strong interest in
local politics
where you
grew up.
It will be
easier to
vote here
and you are
more likely
to actually
do so. You
do not need
a NC driv
er’s license
to register
here.
Voting in North Carolina
Vote in person on election day:
On Tuesday November 6, the Polls
will be open from 6:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Where do I vote?
If you registered using a Meredith ad
dress, your polling place is the Unitar
ian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh,
3313 Wade Avenue, 27607 (1 block
from campus)
If you registered elsewhere in the
state, you can find your polling place by
going to www.ncsbe.gov. Click “Voter
registration.” Click “Check your regis
tration.”
Vote in person before election day:
Between October 18 and November 3
you can vote in person at various loca
tions. The closest location to Raleigh is
the Talley Student Center at NCSU.
To find other Wake County locations
go to www.wakegov.com/elections/
To find early voting locations in other
counties gotowww.ncsbe.gov
Different sites are open at different
times, be sure to check before you go.
The Talley Student Center is open
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To check
if you are
already reg
istered:
Go to www.ncsbe.gov. Click “Voter
registration.” Click “Check your regis
tration.”
If you want to vote in another state:
You will need to register in that state.
Google “register to vote in (your state)”
and you will find a number of options.
Vote absen
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You must
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your county.
To find the
address go
to WWW.
ncsbe.gov.
The request must contain specific in
formation and requests can be made by
close relatives. For details go to www.
ncsbe.gov.
If you have questions:
Contact Clyde Frazier: frazierc@
meredith.edu
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Meredith student Nancy Merritt and horse GC Inspired Trust (“Inspired”)
Southern States Regional Morgan Horse Show at the James B. Hunt Horse Complex
May 2012
side, but the Meredith horse lovers
have already come up with some ideas
as to how to bypass some of the legal
obligations, “Since boarding barns
already have their own liability insur
ance, there are equestrian facilities all
over Raleigh that would be willing to
let our team board with them. Plus,
many team rid
ers have individual
insurance on personal
horses,” said Merritt.
Merritt explains
additionally, “The
Morgan/Saddlebred
communities in Ra
leigh are plentiful and
are overwhelmingly
able to donate horses
for a new program.
The students at Meredith would earn
points for the owners on their horses,
yet again, excluding the college from
any financial obligations.”
Meredith student and three-day
eventer Kerrigan Gudger adds, “The
college would only have to let us enter
intercollegiate shows with ‘Meredith
College’ on our shoulders, which
would be a pretty awesome feeling.”
Bottom line: students at Meredith are
suggesting that “the equine program
can be rejuvenated outside of the col
lege campus, but still bring many girls
together who have this huge passion in
common,” said Mooney.
As far as the details of the team, the
original equestrian program included
only English disciplines like Hunter
Jumping, Hunt Seat, and Saddle Seat.
This left out all of the Western riders
(Reining, Cutting, Western Pleasure,
etc.) that were a part
of the Meredith com
munity, but Gudger
says, “it could be a
team where we all
learn and help one
another in areas
where we’re not as
“The equine program
can be rejuvenated
outside of the college
campus, but still bring
many girls together who
have this huge passion in strong as individuals.
„ It doesn’t have to be a
common. rigid Jist of disciplines
that will exclude any
group willing to learn and/or ride on
the team.”
Although horses seem to be a thing
of Meredith’s past, many students
believe that history should repeat it
self, Mooney says, “There are so many
positive effects that would arise from
Meredith having a new equestrian
program. It would be another support
group, another community at Mer
edith, and it would show everyone that
horses are not just a hobby, they’re a
sport and a way of life that so many of
us love.”
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