Next week, National Voter Registration Day will be celebrated on September 17! National Voter Registration Day encourages eligible adults to register to vote as deadlines in several states approach. National Voter Registration Day is recognized in a bipartisan resolution introduced by Sens. Klobuchar (D-MN) and Fischer (R-NE). You can find out more and get involved at https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/.
This year, a new nonpartisan voting initiative is also working to register voters throughout community college campuses. The initiative was developed by private companies such as Levi Strauss and Lyft in junction with nonprofits like the American Association of Community Colleges. The initiative, aptly titled “The Community College Commitment” launched in April to turn up voter engagement around the primaries.
Community college student voting rates are almost 10 percentage points lower than students at four-year institutions. The Community College Commitment aims to close that gap within the next two election cycles and turn out 500,000 new community college voters. This National Voter Registration Day, they’re working to encourage community college students to get to the polls!
These organizations are also holding special events and giveaways, including a concert competition series. Community colleges can enter to win a concert (equipped with security, permits, ticketing and stages) by completing actions and participating in challenges to encourage voter turnout at their school. Participants can also win stickers and posters, pizza from Pizza to the Polls and Lyft codes to get to the polls during early voting and Election Day.
ACTE will continue to share voting information and resources as the general election draws near as part of our Election Watch series on the CTE Policy Watch Blog and our policy-focused X account @ACTEpolicy, so stay tuned!
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