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Fresno State Election Guide

Election Day is Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

You can cast your ballot here on campus at the voting center located at the Student Recreation Center, which will be open from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. You can also drop off your signed vote-by-mail ballot at the voting center or in the Fresno County official ballot drop box at Campus Pointe, in front of Maya Cinemas. If you prefer to drop it in a USPS mailbox, remember no postage is required. Find more information about all voting centers and drop boxes, including days, hours, and locations at the Fresno County Elections website.

Fresno County Elections

Election Day Result Viewing

Election Day Result Viewing

Election results will be broadcast in the WOW Lounge of the RSU. Food vouchers will be available for attendees while supplies last. Other snacks and beverages will be provided. 

Event details

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Coping with Election Stress

Counseling services will be available during the Election Day Results Viewing, to provide mental health support to students. The Student Health and Counseling Center team will host debrief spaces as needed, along with Let's Talk and Triage support services.

Tips for Coping with Election Stress

Nonpartisan Voting Resources

Here’s a list of resources — all of them nonpartisan — that can be used to navigate the world of voting.

For a refresher on the US Constitution, its history and our rights, check out Your Democracy, a five-part animated digital series produced by WHYY that outlines the branches of government, citizenship, voting rights and more.

ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge — works with colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement.

Andrew Goodman Foundation — works to make young voices and votes a powerful force in democracy.

Ballot Ready — offers personalized, nonpartisan information to voters in all 50 states + helps voters make a plan to vote safely.

Better Civics — equips people with the knowledge of how government works at all levels.

Campus Vote Project — works with universities, community colleges, faculty, students and election officials to reduce barriers to student voting.

Democratic Knowledge Project — supports education for participation in healthy constitutional democracy through co-creating, testing, and sharing high quality curriculum and curricular development resources, professional development workshops, and assessment tools and resources.

Election Protection — uses a wide range of tools and activities to protect, advance and defend the right to vote. Has a voter hotline 866-OUR-VOTE.

Fact Check — monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of UPenn, Fact Check aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.

FairVote — a nonpartisan organization working for better elections for all.

Guides.vote — produces nonpartisan voters guides that show where candidates stand. They're produced by veteran journalists with links to credible sources.

League of Women Voters — engages in advocacy, education, litigation, and organizing to protect every American’s freedom to vote. 
 
Rock the Vote — uses pop culture, music, art, and technology to engage young people in politics and build their collective power.
 
Students Learn Students Vote Coalition — uses data, relationships, celebration, and easy-to-follow planning structures, to help campus and local leaders register and turn out more student voters every year. Their partnership directory allows users to search by type of partner, specific state the partner serves, stakeholder focus, impact area or resources offered. 
 
US Vote Foundation — develops and provides online tools to assist US citizens living anywhere in the world to register to vote and request their absentee ballot using their state’s specific voter forms. 
 
Vote411 — provides nonpartisan information to the public with both general and state-specific information. A one-stop-shop for election related information, known for its polling place locator. Launched by the League of Women Voters Education Fund.
 
Vote Smart — provides free, factual, unbiased information on candidates and elected officials to ALL Americans.

Voting is Social Work -- provides social workers with the knowledge and tools needed to increase voter registration and participation.

USA Gov — the Official Guide to Government Information & Services.

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Listening Tables

November 6 and 7, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Hosted by the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI), these tables will provide safe spaces for you to share your thoughts, feelings, and reflections on current events, whether local, national, or global. We encourage everyone to take part, whether by speaking or writing down your thoughts at one of the tables located in the Speaker’s Platform, outside the Library, or near the Armenian Genocide monument.

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On-campus Events

Explore the variety of events offered on campus in the weeks following the election, to help students connect with peers and foster community.

Events calendar


Our Free Speech website is available to guide you in exercising your rights on campus, and you’ll find resources for fostering inclusive dialogue including the interim CSU Time, Place and Manner Policy.