In the final week leading up to the election, candidates are pulling out all the stops to gain support, that includes a push for the women's vote.
The League of Women Voters have been busy over the past two months answering questions and helping people register to vote. As Mary Coleman, one of the leaders explained, "Primarily what we do is we like to educate and encourage people to become informed voters."
They are a non-partisan group, so their goal is to encourage voting rather than telling people who they should vote for. "We, of course do not endorse a candidate or a party. So we just encourage them to become informed and go to sites that are reliable", said Coleman.
Coleman said she has seen a stronger push from candidates to secure the female vote, "The female vote has certainly been energized in both parties really and they are reaching out to a lot of the sub groups. It seems to be the suburban women are going one way and the men are going another."
Coleman stressed no matter who people vote for, it's important they exercise their civic duty in the general election. "Mostly women fought very hard for that vote. They suffered violence, ridicule, and loss of other rights that they were then entitled to. It was hard to win that and we like to see people take advantage of something that was so hard fought to gain and exercising your right to vote is not just your right, but your responsibility as a citizen of the United States to exercise your right to vote."
Leaders with the League of Women voters said they will not be offering rides to the polls on Election Day, they said they leave that up to the parties.