Engage the Electorate

In partnership with Houston Endowment

What is Engage the Electorate?

Engage the Electorate is a three-year grant awarded to Lone Star College with the goal to enhance, fortify, and systemize Civic Engagement activities that focus on civic and voter education and electoral participation in the Greater Houston region our campuses serve. Through this proposed project, LSC Civic Engagement faculty and grant personnel collaborate to combine, replicate, and scale best practices and strategize to implement new initiatives that address electoral participation among students, faculty, and staff. 

Grant Goals

Our motivations for this program are twofold: to promote civic and voter education and to encourage electoral participation for all students, faculty, and staff. Below are the five SMART goals outlined for grant:

1. Earn designation system-wide as a Voter Friendly Campus by Campus Vote Project Civic and Voter Education.
2. Enhance current efforts to ensure all students, faculty, and staff have access to participate in Engage the Electorate & civic engagement activities.
3. Educate LSC's community about the political process to increase their trust and sense of agency in their roles in the process and their engagement in community affairs, increasing electoral participation.
4. Enhance campus civic engagement culture by providing professional development to faculty and staff and hosting guest speakers. 
5. Increase the number of campuses that are voting locations.

Engage the Electorate Staff Information

For additional grant information, please feel free to contact:
Dr. Cassandra Khatri, Grant Administrator
Cassandra.G.Khatri@LoneStar.edu

Geri Marquez, Coordinator III
Geraldine.MarquezSantiago@LoneStar.edu

Gabe Arthur, Coordinator I
Gabriel.Arthur@LoneStar.edu

Betsy Miller, Coordinator I
Elizabeth.Miller@LoneStar.edu

Rani Ramrakhiani, Coordinator I
Rani.Ramrakhiani@LoneStar.edu

Quick Links for Voters & Future Voters

TurboVote: Register to vote!

After you have filled out the registration form online and submitted it, you will receive the paper form in the mail pre-stamped and you will then mail it off. From there, you will receive your registration card in the mail and text message alerts from TurboVote! If you're already registered, make sure your number for text alerts is up-to-date.

Texas Secretary of State: Verify your registration!

The Texas Secretary of State's office is responsible for all voting in the state. Through their office, a voter can register to vote, get many of your questions about voting answered, and learn about your rights as a voter.

County Clerk's Office: Find your polling place!

The County Clerk's office oversees voting within their respective counties. Through their website, a voter can learn where they go to vote, update their voter registration information, and how to become a poll worker.
To learn more about these services and others, please click on your county below:

Harris | Montgomery | Liberty | Fort Bend

Nonpartisan Resources: Become an informed voter!

Through the links below, voters can learn how their legislators are voting on bills, fact check statements and claims made by politicians, and learn how to express opinions on political issues.

• GovTrack.us: Tracking the U.S. Congress helps everyone learn about and track the activities of the United States Congress including bill and resolution tracking, voting records, and committee assignments.
• Vote Smart provides free, factual, and unbiased information on candidates and elected officials including their voting records and positions on issues, speeches, and who they are receiving funding from.
• The League of Women Voters (LWV.org) is an American nonprofit, nonpartisan political organization providing candidate information. Founded in 1920, its ongoing major activities include registering voters, providing voter information, boosting voter turnout and advocating for voting rights.

Get Involved with Civic Engagement at Lone Star College

Civic engagement means promoting the quality of life in a community through both political and nonpolitical processes. It teaches many different executive skills such as: grit, self-control, zest, social intelligence, gratitude, optimism, and curiosity. These skills aid students well into the future as they finish degrees and enter the workforce.

Whether a student is looking to transfer to a four-year university or looking to joining the workforce after attending Lone Star College, being involved in civic activities help prepare them for life after Lone Star College.

Center for Civic Engagement Values

• Participation - We will identify and create opportunities for individuals, groups and organizations to become actively involved in a project or program of activity.
• Advocacy - We will empower others to act to protect an asset of interest to their community.
• Social Justice - We will work to ensure the fair distribution of advantages, assets, and benefits among all members of a society.
• Sustainability - We will promote social and environmental practices that protect and enhance the human and natural resources needed by future generations to enjoy a quality of life equal to or greater than our own.