Student Voting & Electoral Engagement

SLSV is an organization that offers campus checklists, sample campus voting plans, the #VoteTogether Initiative, the ALLIn Campus Democracy Challenge Resource Hub, and more!

The All IN Campus Democracy Challenge is a national awards program that recognizes colleges and universities for their commitment to increasing student voting rates.

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. We work with stakeholders throughout our more than 400 partner campuses to engage students in democracy. We provide personalized coaching, guiding schools on how to use our resources and navigate students through ever-changing barriers to voting.

A project of the National Resource Consortium on Full Student  Participation, Ask Every Student seeks to create research-backed processes, systems, and tools to answer that question. We’ve found that the key to reaching full student voter participation comes down to accessing a few minutes of individualized focus from every student on campus to prepare them to confidently navigate the democratic process. The National Resource Consortium is a project of NASPA, NASPA LEAD Initiative, Fair Election Center and other partners

Rock the Vote is a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to building the political power of young people. We’ve registered and turned out millions of young voters on campuses, in communities, and online. We’ve successfully fought for — and defended — voting rights and increased access to democracy. We’ve raised awareness and campaigned for issues that impact the lives of young people. We’ve pioneered innovative ways to make registration and voting work for our generation, and built open-source technology to empower other organizations, too. 

The Campus Vote Project works with universities, community colleges, faculty, students and election officials to reduce barriers to student voting. Our goal is to help campuses institutionalize reforms that empower students with the information they need to register and vote.

The Andrew Goodman Foundation works to make young voices and votes a powerful force in democracy. We support youth leadership development, voting accessibility, and social justice initiatives on campuses across the country with mini-grants to select institutions of higher learning and other financial assistance to student leaders. Join us as we inspire more young people to pursue social change work, activate important lessons of the past, and sustain today’s effective social action.

This is a catch-all location for various voting resources, focused on the needs of students. It includes links to register to vote, check your registration status, request an absentee ballot, and find your polling location.

The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) offers colleges and universities an opportunity to learn their student registration and voting rates and, for interested campuses, a closer examination of their campus climate for political learning and engagement and correlations between specific student learning experiences and voting.

Voting can be an overwhelming proposition, especially to new young voters who will be facing their first election this fall. They can find comprehensive information here explaining the voting process, including where to vote and the different voting options available to them. 

Learn voter registration deadlines, requirements, and restrictions for each state, and how to register to vote.

Provides you with the information you need to vote with confidence. Sign up for election reminders and get help with voter registration and voting by mail — all in one place!

Founded by Michelle Obama, this organization seeks to close the age and race gap in voting through educating and registering voters. 

This website finds where people can vote in their precinct in upcoming elections by state. 

Check out the nonpartisan voter guides from guides.vote for information about key races in the upcoming election.

By entering your location, you can see the names of the candidates and any propositions you will see on your ballot, including local elections and referenda. You can also find a general list of all of the races around the country. (gives deadlines)

This home page offers links to information on campaign finance, voter registration status, and an interactive Presidential election map. Additionally, as we near November, candidate and party platforms should be published here.

Native American Rights Fund. Protecting voting rights and fostering voter engagement in Native communities nationwide.

This organization’s goal is to increase power in our communities. They help development infrastructure where little/none exists.  This includes staff training, candidate development and network development.​ We advocate for policies to expand voting rights/access, including expanded early voting, resisting voter ID, re-entry restoration of rights and strengthening the Voting Rights Act.  We also advocate for policies that intersect with race, gender, economic and other aspects of equity.​

Voto Latino is a pioneering civic media organization that seeks to transform America by recognizing Latinos’ innate leadership.

APIAVote envisions a world that is inclusive, fair, and collaborative, and where Asian Americans and Pacific Islander communities are self-determined, empowered, and engaged.

The League of Women Voters of the United States encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.They work to register voters and provide voters with election information through voter guides as well as candidate forums and debates.

Civic Holidays are nonpartisan days of action that strengthen and celebrate our country’s democracy! They bring together a wide range of organizations and communities in pursuit of an America where everyone participates and votes. Each holiday accounts for a different phase of democratic participation: registering to vote, making a plan, casting a ballot, and thanking the community members who make elections possible. Together, the Civic Holidays celebrate the entire voting experience.f Each Civic Holiday has its own specific website and opportunities for funding. 

Many states have been passing new laws regulating voting, and this website publishes compilations of new changes to voting rules. If you think your state has altered its regulations surrounding voting, this resource could help explain those changes. 

Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection’s election hub includes videos and other resources on topics like:

• Guidance on police at the polls,
• Anti-militia laws by state, and
• Guidance for election officials to prevent voter intimidation.

The Constructive Dialogue Institute created this research guide with 21 college presidents, administrators, faculty, and staff about their 2024 election goals for their campus communities. This was in addition to an extensive secondary review of lessons learned from past elections. By collating the experiences of subject matter experts and university educators in a range of roles– faculty; staff; offices of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); civic engagement centers; and university presidents–CDI hopes to share knowledge about what works to contain campus conflict and transform discourse