Syracuse University students registered in Onondaga County will have a number of on- or near-campus polling locations for Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Most students who live on North Campus will vote at E.S. Bird Library, and students living on South Campus should vote at Drumlins Country Club.

The 16th Ward, which SU is a part of, includes a number of other polling locations as well. Locations include: Erwin First United Methodist Church at 920 Euclid Ave., Edward Smith School on Lancaster Avenue and Broad Street, and Toomey Abbott Towers at 1207 Almond St.

The 19th Ward, which includes Drumlins, also includes: Seals Community Center in Kirk Park, Engine House No. 8 at 2412 S. Salina St. and Bishop Harrison Center at 1340 Lancaster Ave.

Students who registered in Onondaga County should have received a postcard detailing where to vote, according to the Office of Government and Community Relations website. To locate an assigned polling place, there will be maps in Schine Student Center and Goldstein Student Center detailing the locations of polling places throughout the city.

The deadline for students to register for the midterm elections was Oct. 8. Students could have registered in a number of on-campus locations, including Schine, Goldstein, Bird, Hendricks Chapel and the Office of Orientation and Off-Campus Programs.

Despite the information available on how to register and where to vote, some students said they did not know how to register.

‘I turned 18 right before I got to school, so I wasn’t quite sure how or where to register,’ said Ariana Romero, a freshman magazine journalism major. Romero said he plans to register when he goes home. 

Students who are not registered to vote in Onondaga County can also vote by mail with an absentee ballot. Students can obtain an absentee ballot as late as Monday at the Board of Elections headquarters in Syracuse and must postmark or return that ballot to the Board of Elections by Tuesday, Election Day.

Anthony DiBiase, a freshman newspaper journalism major, said he would be voting with an absentee ballot.

‘I have very strong political opinions, and I want to actually have a say in things,’ DiBiase said.

Primary elections drew minimal turnout, with Bird only seeing 17 voters, according to an article published in The Daily Orange on Sept. 15. But some students said they are excited to vote in the midterm elections.

‘I’m voting because it’s my first time,’ said Katie Criazzo, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. ‘It’s very exciting, and I want to participate.’

dspearl@sry.edu

— Asst. News Editor Rebecca Kheel contributed reporting to this article.

Published on October 31, 2010 at 12:00 pm

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