A Day for Democracy
National Voter Registration Day
September 24, 2019
“We believe that our democracy is stronger when more people participate in it - especially students.”
National Voter Registration Day is a day of civic unity and Campus Takeover is an effort on this day to mobilize students nationwide to register to vote, creating celebratory environments around voting, and fostering a culture of civic engagement on their college campuses.
Who Are We?
Alliance for Youth Organizing (Alliance) is a nation-wide network of local, youth-led organizations working to build the political power of young people across the nation through community based issue advocacy and robust civic engagement work. For more than seven years as a network, the Alliance has mobilized hundreds of thousands of young voters, advanced issues like Automatic Voter Registration, founded national holidays like National Voter Registration Day, trained thousands of young leaders, and engaged millions of young people in elections up and down the ballot.
Young Invincibles (YI) is a national organization, working to engage young adults on issues, such as higher education, health care, civic engagement and jobs. YI’s mission is to amplify the voices of young adults in the political process and expand economic opportunity for young adults ages 18 to 34.
Founded by Young Invincibles in 2016, the Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Coalition is a group of over 350 non-partisan organizations, college and university faculty members, campus administrators, and local election officials nationwide dedicated to increasing voter engagement on college campuses. SLSV believes in the importance of incorporating democratic engagement into campus life and work to identify best practices for institutions of higher education around voter registration, voter education, ballot access, and voter mobilization.
How to Create Successful National Voter Registration Day Events at Colleges and Universities
This toolkit serves as a step-by-step guide to planning and executing a successful voter registration event on your campus. Use this toolkit as guidance during your planning process while keeping in mind that each campus is unique and may have different needs.
