Voter Education and Engagement
ADP participating campuses have undertaken an array of voter projects and activities designed to increase the number of college and university students 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 information, events, materials and toolkits intended to help college and university campuses involve students in local, state and national elections.
Voter Registration Information
- Check Your Voter Registration Status: Can I Vote.org
- Deadlines, Locations and Materials: Campus Vote Project
- Registration Assistance for Military and Overseas Voters: Federal Voting Assistance Program
- Registration and Reminders: TurboVote
- Register Online/Absentee: U.S. Vote Foundation
- Resource to explore U.S. Political Parties & Organizations
National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day toolkits include information for election offices and individuals.
2020 Elections Resources
- Post-Election Toolkit
- Election and Debate Watch Toolkit
- ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Toolkit
- The New York Times Interactive Guide for How to Vote in the 2020 Election
Deliberative Dialogue Resources
- Living Room Conversations
- Allsides Red/Blue Dictionary
- With The People: College Campus CGA Deliberate Forum Series
- Conversation Café
- With The People: NIFI
- Interactivity Foundation: Discussion Guides
- Oops, Ouch, Whoa responses
- Lori Britt’s Resource Page
- Lori Britt’s Powerpoint Slides
- Facilitator/Moderator Training Workbook
Practicing Democracy 2024 Webinar Series
In spring 2024, AASCU’s American Democracy Project convened a series of virtual education and engagement workshops as well as regional summits designed to engage faculty, staff, and administrators at AASCU campuses on topics related to voter education, engagement, and turnout.
Visit the playlist on YouTube.Voter Education Workshops
- Combating Mis- and Disinformation
- Loki’s Loop: Gamification of Information Literacy
- Free Speech on Campus
- Reducing Political Extremism on Campus
- How to Incorporate a Political Diagnostic in Your Work
- Integrating Civic Awareness Across Disciplines
- Exploring the Impact of Political Ideology on Hot Topics
- Including Deliberative Dialogues in the Classroom
- Artificial Intelligence and the Election
- Ideas for Incorporating Voter Issues Into the Classroom
Voter Engagement Workshops
- Strategies for Building a Campus Voter Initiative
- Show Me the Money: Funding Voter Initiatives on Campus
- Using National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) Data to Assess Student Engagement in Democracy
- Know Your Ballot
- Assessing Learning Outcomes for Student Civic Fellowships
- Physical and Mental Health During Election Years
- Organizing Community Dialogues
- Developing Engaged Students
- Strengthening Campus-Community Voting Initiatives
- Maintaining a Positive Campus Climate During the 2024 Election
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