Community member Will Sani arrived at the Ludwick Community Center polling station on the morning of Election Day knowing he still had to register to vote.
Sani lived in Oakland, California previously. He found out he was not registered to vote in San Luis Obispo County when he did not get sent a mail-in ballot last month.
Sani said the in-person registration process at Ludwick Community Center was easy.
“It took like five minutes,” Sani said. “Last time I voted was in Oakland, and it was a zoo. I don’t know if it’s just San Luis, or people are voting mostly by mail, but it’s quiet.”
Communications studies freshman Kyle Evans had to re-register at the Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo (PAC) to change his address from his hometown.
Evans changed his address online before, but he said the county did not update their books. He described this as a complex process and said that it was crowded at the PAC.
“I had to go in and get my provisional ballot, and then hopefully it’ll all turn out well,” Evans said.
This is his first time voting in a presidential election. Evans said he is happy to come out and exercise his right to vote.
“Some people who I talk to, they might be like, ‘oh what does our voice really mean,'” Evans said. “There’s so many Americans, so many different beliefs, but it’s just important to go out there, vote for what you believe in, think deeply about what your vote means and who you’re voting for.”