{"id":57966,"date":"2020-11-02T14:18:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T19:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=57966"},"modified":"2020-11-02T14:18:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T19:18:30","slug":"thanks-to-the-people-who-make-our-elections-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=57966","title":{"rendered":"Thanks to the people who make our elections possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-51658\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hawk-Owl-Profile-green-logo-only-72.png\" alt=\"Hawk Owl Helper logo\" width=\"76\" height=\"72\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6312\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/vote-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/vote-button.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/vote-button-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>A sincere thank you to:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The poll workers who are ensuring the fundamental American right to vote at polling places all around the country Tuesday, including in the Health &amp; Science Building atrium on NMC&#8217;s main campus (reminder: NMC Bookstore will be closed for the day).<\/li>\n<li>The League of Women Voters-Grand Traverse chapter, which held a voter registration drive on main campus and also hosted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/540387702699683\/videos\/1586390038210424\">a virtual forum<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/about\/nmc-stories\/success-stories\/q-a-with-board-candidates.html\">NMC Board of Trustees candidates<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Faculty, staff and students who have stepped up to serve their\u00a0communities through government service, whether to elected or appointed office, as candidates or incumbents. Your time, energy and commitment make northern Michigan a better place.<\/li>\n<li>The voters! If you haven&#8217;t voted already, polls are open tomorrow between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.gov\/vote\">michigan.gov\/vote<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Who&#8217;s been a Hawk Owl Helper or Hero for you? Let us know at <a href=\"mailto:publicrelations@nmc.edu?subject=Hawk%20Owl%20Heroes%20and%20Helpers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">publicrelations@nmc.edu<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sincere thank you to: The poll workers who are ensuring the fundamental American right to vote at polling places all around the country Tuesday, including in the Health &amp; Science Building atrium on NMC&#8217;s main campus (reminder: NMC Bookstore will be closed for the day). The League of Women Voters-Grand Traverse chapter, which held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3624,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hawk-owl-helpers-and-heroes","category-intercom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thanks to the people who make our elections possible - NMC Communiqu\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=57966\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thanks to the people who make our elections possible - NMC Communiqu\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A sincere thank you to: The poll workers who are ensuring the fundamental American right to vote at polling places all around the country Tuesday, including in the Health &amp; Science Building atrium on NMC&#8217;s main campus (reminder: NMC Bookstore will be closed for the day). 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