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Maine Campus Voting Challenge

The Maine Campus Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan competition between higher education institutions in Maine with a commitment to increasing student voter participation and engagement on campuses across the State.

The Maine Department of the Secretary of State will grant three award categories for both 4-year institutions and 2-year institutions, awarded based on student voter participation in the November 2022 election using data from the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE). The Department will announce awards for highest campus voter turnout, most improved campus voter turnout, and highest student voter registration rate. The Maine Department of the Secretary of State will also present a Legacy Award to recognize those that are retiring from campuses who have contributed to their institution’s nonpartisan engagement efforts. 

The Maine Department of the Secretary of State is facilitating this voting challenge in collaboration with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, a national nonpartisan nonprofit that works in partnership with numerous local and national nonpartisan organizations in the Student Learn Students Vote coalition. Awards will be based on campuses' National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) reports generated by the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University in Mass. Participation in the Maine Campus Voting Challenge will automatically include participation in the national ALL IN and awards competition.

Institutions that opt into the Maine Campus Voting Challenge will be provided guidance and tools to create an action plan for increasing student engagement on their campus. There is no sign-up cost to participate.

If you have questions, you can email Stephanie King, senior director of strategic initiatives with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (stephanie@civicnation.org).

View the 2020 Maine Campus Vote Challenge Award Recipients here.

All In Campus Democracy Challenge https://www.allinchallenge.org/
National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) https://idhe.tufts.edu/nslve/join