WORCESTER, Mass. - Members of Quinsigamond Community College are working to make sure they get as many people on their campus who are eligible to vote registered to do so ahead of this year’s election. Newly registered voters who spoke with Spectrum News 1 said they’re looking forward to heading to the polls.

“I am very excited. I just became a citizen like I'm about a year ago and I haven't voted yet," Isaac Ofori said. "But yeah, I am definitely going to vote this year and I'm very excited to.”

“I've been wanting to register for a while," Marian Ugwumba said, "I just didn't know which outlets go to. So, this was really helpful.”

QCC is collaborating with the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and Third Act Massachusetts to get people engaged in the electoral process.

“It doesn't matter to us who you vote for, what party you decide you want to vote for, as long as you're part of the process," Sean Harris said. "You know, part of the democratic process that people have fought for, for years. We want to make sure that people are part of that process.”

New voters said registering is as easy as scanning a QR code and answering some questions.

“It was very smooth. It was very quick," Ugwumba said. "I actually thought I was going to go longer process than it was.”

“As I walked in this morning, some lady told me to scan her badge, and then I hit the registration," Ofori said. "However, my license is in my car. So, I've got to go back and fill out the other part, but I'm going to do that once I get home.”

Community engagement director Sean Harris said in addition to helping people register to vote, they’re hosting workshops to help people understand what’s on the ballot.

“Some people think it's just about going in and vote for president, vote for vice president; it's so much more than that," Harris said. "Your local elections matter. What's on the ballot matters. All of those things are important as well.”

According to U.S. Census data from 2020, as many as 1 in 4 eligible Americans are not registered.

Harris said the effort to get people thinking about exercising their right to vote will continue throughout the semester.

“If it puts a kernel of hope in someone's mind that, ‘You know something? Maybe it is important that I go ahead and register," Harris said, "that's what matters.”

The deadline to register to vote for the November election in Massachusetts is Oct. 26.