#SPOKANE COUNTY ASSESSOR BALLOT REGISTRATION#
For voters from places other than Washington, Colleen researches the dates and requirements for registration and voting in each state. “It is a really exciting and pride-filled task,” said Colleen, who has developed a friendly relationship with the county auditor over the years.īut her work doesn’t stop there. Hemmingson Center rotunda so that campus voters could leave their ballots, which she would then hand deliver to Spokane County Auditor Vicki Dalton at the elections office by the deadline. Undeterred, Colleen helped negotiate a compromise: a drop box would be placed in front of the John J. Much to her chagrin, she learned from the Spokane County Elections Office that an official drop box was not possible on Gonzaga’s private property. In 2016, while serving as Gonzaga’s assistant dean for student involvement and leadership, Colleen determined that an on-campus ballot box would make things easier for students, faculty and staff alike. “My parents became United States citizens in 1998,” she shared, “which was a really meaningful moment for me.”Ĭolleen’s appreciation for the role each American has as participants in our governmental processes runs deeply - it was a childhood dream of hers to become a congresswoman, an experience for which she got a taste in college as an intern with a U.S. (’20 MBA) is a first-generation American who shows up to wave the red-white-and-blue with great pride. Gonzaga is home to many voters from out of state, which is why one woman on campus is taking the rights and responsibilities of those many voices very seriously, and has made it a personal goal to ensure that every vote is counted and delivered on time.īorn on Flag Day, Colleen Quinn Vandenboom, Ph.D.
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