State and CITY CAMPUS VOTING Challenges

State and City Campus Voting Challenges are nonpartisan recognition programs for higher education institutions in a particular state or city with a commitment to increasing student voter participation and engagement on campuses across the state or city. Departments of State, Secretaries of State, and nonprofit partners co-facilitate the voting challenges in collaboration with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.

Awards given through state challenges are based on campuses’ National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) reports generated at Tufts University in Mass. Participation in the national ALL IN Challenge will automatically include participation in a state or city challenge. Institutions that opt into the state challenges will be provided guidance and tools to create a democratic engagement action plan for increasing student engagement on their campus.

Vernon C. Grigg III

“Collaborating with ALL IN has been a pivotal experience for the civic leadership growth at Claremont McKenna College. The detailed scoring and rubric were instrumental in developing our ALL IN Action Plan; these tools highlighted specific areas where we could enhance our efforts and provided a clear framework for building key elements and implementing actionable strategies. With their support, we discovered new ways to engage our students, improved our overall effectiveness, and charted meaningful pathways forward. This partnership enabled us to increase voter registration and turnout, host impactful voter education events, and foster a campus culture deeply rooted in nonpartisan civic learning. We are incredibly grateful for ALL IN’s expertise and support in empowering our students to take active roles in shaping the democratic process.”

Vernon C. Grigg III

Executive Director of the Kravis Lab for Social Impact, Claremont McKenna College

Jeffrey Cooper

“Our partnership with ALL IN has significantly enhanced our campus’ voter engagement efforts. From providing us with a network of peer institutions with which to collaborate and share best practices, to offering tools geared toward student registration, to helping foster an institution-wide culture of civic participation. Together, we’re building a more engaged campus.”

Jeffrey Cooper

Vice President for Government and Community Affairs, University of Pennsylvania

Richard Thompson

“Our association with ALL IN has been truly beneficial for us at so many levels. ALL IN continues to provide us with some of the best tools to aid in the promotion of our numerous non-partisan information and voter registration sessions on our campus. Additionally, ALL IN’s awards that recognize exceptional outcomes inspires our students to bring their best each semester for they take a lot of pride that our campus has been recognized for its efforts in delivering some of the highest voter registration and turnout levels in our state.”