Helping make your vote count

A voting workshop, open to unit voting officers in the Kaiserslautern area, is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Feb. 27 at the Hercules Theater on Ramstein.

The purpose of the workshop is to educate voting officers on the processes of voting so they can pass that information on to base Airmen, ensuring they have the material needed.

“The Federal Voting Assistance Program puts on a workshop for all unit voting officers,” said Capt. Brett Polage, 37th Airlift Squadron installation voting assistance officer. “It’s basically an interactive workshop on how unit voting officers can reach out, improve relations and better provide for the members, their squadrons and units. It educates voting officers on registering to vote and how to keep up with information on voting news.”

Many people don’t take the steps to register to vote for many reasons, but what they don’t understand is every vote counts.

“I am sure there are many reasons as to why people don’t vote — apathy, lack of influence or maybe just people don’t have the information to get registered,” Polage said. “It’s important to vote, because not only is it your right to, but you get the opportunity to decide which direction you want the country to go. Not many places in the world have the opportunity to do that.”

Any questions regarding voting or the voting workshop can be answered at the installation voting office or by calling 480-8683.