AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Voter Registration, Education and Participation

Election Day: Tuesday, November 6, 2012

American Democracy Project participating campuses have undertaken an array of voter projects and activities designed to increase the number of young Americans who will accept the most fundamental obligation of a citizen in a democracy – casting informed votes for candidates standing for public office. 

The following is a collection of ideas, events, materials and toolkits intended to help college and university campuses involve students in local, state and national elections. Please check the ADP Blog for descriptions of what AASCU's American Democracy Project campuses have done to encourage students to develop informed opinions about issues of local, state and national importance and to express these opinions at the polls.

In particular, we encourage you to download ADP’s free Electoral Voices monograph (2006), a toolkit for engaging college students in elections.

American Democracy Project campuses should also check out The Democracy Commitment’s Engage the Election resources.

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ADP Voter Registration, Education & Participation Resources

• Electoral Voices: Engaging College Students in Elections (2006)
  Download (pdf)

ADP Blog posts about Voting

Featured blog posts:

• Campus Spotlight: Voting Rights Advocate Speaks at CalU 
• Campus Spotlight: C-Span Visits Western Carolina University 
• U.S. Vote Foundation Debuts New Online Tool Customized for all 50 States 
• EveryVote.org: The Civic Engagement Social Network Platform 
• Student Spotlight: Improving Student Voting at MTSU 
• Obama Gets Second Term in WIU Student Mock Presidential Election: November 2011 
• ADP Partners with Rock the Vote on Democracy Day 

ADP Campus Voter Registration/Education Websites

• Fort Hays State University 
• SUNY Cortland 

ADP Partners & Friends

• The Democracy Commitment 
• Campus Vote Project 
• CIRCLE 
• National Voter Registration Day 
• U.S. Vote Foundation 

Voting Resources Aimed at Young Voters

• Campus Vote Project by the Fair Elections Legal Network
  • Toolkit (pdf)
   
• Campus Election Engagement Project 
  • Six Key Ways to Act Checklist (pdf)
   
• Your Vote Your Voice 
• Power Vote.org 
• New Voters Project (by Student PIRGs) 
• Our Time 
• Youth Vote Coalition 
• Service Vote 

Election 2012 Resources

• Election 2012 Teaching Ideas & Resources from The New York Times 

Voting & Elections Research

• Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) 
• Fair Vote.org by the Center for Voting and Democracy
• Fault Lines in Our Democracy: Civic Knowledge, Voting Behavior, and Civic Engagement in the United States (pdf)

Voter Registration Resources

• National Voter Registration Day 
• U.S. Vote Foundation 
• TurboVote 

Voter Education Resources

• PollVault (see your ballot)
•   The Washington Post Issue Engine 
• YouTube Videos about Voting 
• Election Land 
• Project Vote Smart 
• Congress.org  
• FactCheck.org 
• Opensecrets.org 
• MAPLight.org 
• PolitiFact.com 
• PollingReport.com 

Voter Participation Resources

• Brennan Center for Justice’s 50 State Student Voting Guide 
• Can I Vote.org 

Voting Policy

• Citizen’s Guide to Redistricting 
• Federal Election Commission 
• The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)

National Organizations & Voting Projects

• Rock the Vote 
• Overseas Vote Foundation  
• The League of Women Voters
  • Vote411 
   

Official Political Party Websites

• Democratic Party  
• Democratic Socialists of America  
• Green Party  
• Libertarian Party  
• Reform Party  
• Republican Party  
• Tea Party