Election Resources

NEW YORK CAMPUS VOTING CHALLENGE

The New York Campus Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan competition between higher education institutions in New York with a commitment to increasing student voter participation and engagement on campuses across the state.

Partners for Campus-Community Engagement is facilitating this voting challenge in collaboration with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, a national nonpartisan nonprofit. Awards will be based on campuses’ National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) reports generated by the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University in Mass. Participation in the Rhode Island Challenge will automatically include participation in the national ALL IN Challenge and awards competition.

There will be four award categories for both 4-year institutions and 2-year institutions, awarded based on student voter participation in the November 2020 election using data from NSLVE and action plan score. Campus Compact of New York and Pennsylvania will announce awards for highest campus voter turnout, highest student voter registration rate, most improved voter turnout and best action plan. On November 9, 2021, we will announce winners of the New York Voting Challenge. Award Ceremony details, including registration, can be found here.

Institutions that opt into the Challenge will be provided guidance and tools to create an action plan for increasing student engagement on their campus. There is no sign-up cost to participate. To sign up for the challenge, click here.

Campus Compact of New York and Pennsylvania is facilitating this voting challenge in collaboration with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, a national nonpartisan nonprofit. Awards will be based on campuses’ National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) reports generated by the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University in Mass. Participation in the Rhode Island Challenge will automatically include participation in the national ALL IN Challenge and awards competition.

If you have questions you can email:

Laurie Worrall, Executive Director of Partners for Campus-Community Engagement Laurie@pcce.org; or Stephanie King, Strategic Initiatives Director of ALL IN Challenge stephanie.king@civicnation.org.

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4 Reasons Young People Don’t Vote… and What To Do About It

Too many young people don’t vote. Why? Here are 4 reasons young people tell us they don’t vote

Securing the Vote Today, U.S. elections are subject to aging equipment, targeting by external actors, and a lack of sustained funding. These issues highlight the need to create more resilient, adaptive, and secure election systems. Representative democracy only works if all eligible citizens can participate in elections and have their ballots accurately cast, counted, and tabulated. We have the capacity to build an elections system for the future by taking the following steps.

Faculty Resource: Incorporation Election Engagement into your Courses

Much of campus election engagement happens outside the classroom—but because all students take courses, faculty members can play a key role. Here are some classroom approaches to help students participate as informed voters. Also, see our guide to Talking About Elections in Your Classroom. Provide essential information. You can download a pdf version of this resource here.

New Report on Student Voting and Political Engagement Looking for concise, evidence-based recommendations to raise student voting levels, improve campus climates for political learning, and increase constructive engagement across differences? Be sure to read Election Imperatives, which is full of resources and campus examples. Learn more here

Campus Vote Project Put your shades away and take out your bookbag because class is back in session and the 2018 midterm elections are right around the corner. Visit Campus Vote Project’s website to make sure you are prepared this November.

The 2018 Election as a Learning Moment: An IDHE Toolkit

As you plan your work for fall 2018 and beyond, start with Election Imperatives. This report, which is based on years of IDHE campus climate research, provides a practitioner-focused list of ten recommendations for shifting your institution’s campus culture. We offer ways to promote student political learning and engagement, along with actions to take and resources to help you in this vital work. Learn more here

Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP)

Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP), is a national nonpartisan project that helps administrators, faculty, staff, and student leaders at America’s colleges and universities engage students in federal, state, and local elections. Drawing in stakeholders throughout our partner campuses, we combine our powerful resources with personalized coaching, guiding schools on how to use our resources and navigate students through ever-changing barriers to voting. Working with us, schools help their students to register, volunteer in campaigns, educate themselves on candidates and issues, navigate confusing voting laws, and turn out at the polls. We worked with over 300 campuses in 2016, with a combined enrollment of 3.5 million students, while partner organizations distributed our resources to another 1,000 schools. We spent 2017 helping our campuses develop ongoing engagement strategies while getting students involved directly in Virginia’s statewide races and Alabama’s US Senate race. And we’re now engaging students in the 2018 elections. Because individuals who vote when they’re young tend to continue, and because we help schools deepen their electoral engagement each cycle, we generate both immediate and long-term impact. Learn more here

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