Our Partnership with the Arizona Department of Education

New Voters is partnering with the Arizona Department of Education on a Young Voter Registration Challenge to empower high school students to run voter registration drives!

We are thrilled to announce that the Arizona Department of Education is partnering with New Voters to present the Young Voter Registration Challenge to recognize students running voter registration drives in their schools. Winners will be recognized by the Arizona Department of Education and the State Board of Education. The goal of this challenge is to register Arizona youth to vote and create spaces where civics thrives!

Read on to learn more about the challenge, and check out the Arizona Department of Education’s website to stay tuned:

Sign up to host a voter registration drive overseen by an advisor and run by students! SIGN UP HERE

Goal: get as many eligible* students to register to vote as possible!

Winners will be recognized by the Arizona Department of Education and the State Board of Education. Students who participated automatically meet the civic engagement requirements of the Seal of Civics Literacy. Plus, students have a chance to win prizes! 

Once signed up for the challenge, head to tinyurl.com/runadrive or new-voters.org to start the student-led registration drive. By working with New Voters, you’ll get a personal college mentor, a digital toolkit of resources to plan and run your drive, and a box of New Voters swag to use during your drive!

More information can be found on the Social Studies Home Page.

*Must be 18 or older by November 5, 2024.