Behavioral studies suggest that demystifying the process of registering and casting a vote can be an empowering experience for students and encourage them to vote. This module offers tools explaining how to register, how to vote (mail vs. in person), and what a ballot looks like.
Sample PowerPoint Presentation: How to Vote
The PowerPoint provides “fill in the blank” sections for state specific information and provides links to resources that have this information. These state specific voter guides from Campus Vote Project can help.
Sample PowerPoint Presentation: How to Vote
The PowerPoint provides “fill in the blank” sections for state specific information and provides links to resources that have this information. These state specific voter guides from Campus Vote Project can help.
Ask Every Student's Building a Faculty Champion Program on Your Campus:
This is a toolkit for faculty to integrate democratic engagement activities into the classroom-both virtually and in-person. Ideas include:
Ask Every Student's Learning Management System (LMS) Module:
This is a template for faculty to create a module on their campus’ LMS (Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, etc.) and ensure students have access to information and support for participating in the voting and democratic engagement processes. The module template includes:
This is a toolkit for faculty to integrate democratic engagement activities into the classroom-both virtually and in-person. Ideas include:
- Inviting a campus voting organization to give a presentation about voter registration to the class followed by Q&A breakout sessions.
- Making weekly announcements with voter registration information and democratic engagement opportunities
Ask Every Student's Learning Management System (LMS) Module:
This is a template for faculty to create a module on their campus’ LMS (Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, etc.) and ensure students have access to information and support for participating in the voting and democratic engagement processes. The module template includes:
- Engaging in Democracy 101
- Why is democratic participation important to you?
- Registering to Vote and Voting by Mail in [Your State], and more
Campus Vote Project's Fall 2020 Voter Registration Scenarios: These guides provide guidance to college students regarding where to register to vote this year. The information covered is not meant to be comprehensive, as residency laws and other nuances vary state to state. Below are graphic screenshots of the guide.
Classroom Idea: Include a “Make a Plan Vote” Assignment where students must submit an outline of how they would cast a vote. Social science research suggests people are more likely to vote if they make a plan. This assignment still works for students who ineligible to vote, as it is written hypothetically.
Scholars Strategy Network's A Faculty Guide to Student Voting in Your Classroom
- This resource provides simplified guidance from the wide-ranging student voting resources on how faculty can include voter registration, education and civic learning into the classroom and in interactions with students.
STEP 1. REGISTER
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STEP 2. WHAT'S ON YOUR BALLOT?
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STEP 3. CAST YOUR VOTE!
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Additional Resources:
- In Fall 2020, Project Pericles and the Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights held virtual convenings for 30+ faculty (including the Periclean Voter Engagement Fellows) to facilitate sharing voter engagement resources and discussion. Below are slides from these convenings.
- Virtual Convening: Resource Overview : this convening presented more than 20 virtual tools and resources designed for faculty use, followed by a guided discussion among faculty to share successes, challenges, and ideas. See the "speaker notes" for additional resources shared during the discussion.
- Campus Election Engagement Project's Voter Education offers:
- Candidate & Issue Guide: Students often don’t vote because they don’t know where candidates stand and are confused about how to find out more information. This guide offers nonpartisan, state-specific guides to help navigate key positions.
- Debate Watch Guide: a guide to some useful approaches, both for getting students to watch key debates and for helping them reflect in their wake
- Local Office Description: a guide to understand the importance of the roles of local elected officials and their impact on the community
- Turn Up Turnout (University of Michigan) has sample PowerPoint presentations and facilitator guides that include deliberative dialogue discussions and an overview of the voting/registration process in Michigan. They are available on their website.
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