INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 5 — With approximately 90 days to go until Election Day, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen is encouraging all members and their families to register and vote in the upcoming November elections. National elections will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.
Members can use the Rock the Vote area of the Teamsters website to register and to find voter registration information in their state.
Members can also use the U.S. Election Assistance Commission website (www.eac.gov) to download the National Mail Voter Registration Form. The form allows you to register to vote, update registration information due to a change of name, make a change of address, or register with a political party. The National Form also contains voter registration rules and regulations for each state and territory. It is available by clicking here (PDF).
Additionally, members are advised that different states have recently passed voter identification laws, which require voters to produce some sort of identification when showing up at the voting booth. The BLET National Legislative Board strongly urges you to familiarize yourself with your state’s regulations prior to the November elections. For information on voter ID laws in your state, please visit the National Conference of State Legislatures website.
BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce urges all BLET members and their families to make sure their voices are heard in the November elections.
“This election is the most crucial of all modern day elections based on the impact it will have on our members and their families,” President Pierce said. “This election is really about protecting the benefits and safety nets that are in place for working families, and more importantly, railroad families. FELA, Railroad Retirement and Medicare, all of which are counted on by all members, are all being targeted and we must elect politicians who will help us protect them. It is imperative that every BLET member vote in November, and anyone who may possibly be working on November 8 needs to arrange to cast an early ballot or an absentee ballot.”