Vote, Vote, Vote!!!

Voting is the most fundamental privilege we enjoy as Americans. As we approach the most important presidential election in a generation, TEXAS POLITICS TODAY takes us back to Square One: registering to vote. You can’t vote if you’re not registered, and the deadline for registering for this election is fast approaching — Monday, October 6.

Our guest this week is NELDA WELLS SPEARS, the Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector and voter registrar. She’ll explain how easy it is to register and describe the various ways the county is making it even simpler. Also, we’ll hear from Dave G, a Houston-area musician and activist who’s using music and new media to get more young people to register to vote through his site, http://www.texasstandup.com/.

TEXAS POLITICS TODAY is the weekly radio show devoted to Texas state and local politics. TEXAS POLITICS TODAY is produced by longtime Capitol insider Deece Eckstein, who shares hosting duties with Austin community leader David Kobierowski.

KOOP, “the little station that could,” is Austin’s only community-owned radio station. It shares the FM 91.7 radio frequency with KVRX, the University of Texas student radio. It also streams live over the Web at http://www.koop.org/. KOOP is on the air on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and on weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Archival photo of suffragists from Travis County registering to vote in 1918. Photo Credit: State Archives and Library Commission.