Campus Engagement Resources

Last updated: 10/15/2025

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) has comprised a collection of resources created by the ALL IN team and partner organizations within the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition to support campuses with nonpartisan engagement efforts. We encourage you to utilize and share these resources through email, social media, campus programming, and other online outlets (e.g., learning management systems). These nonpartisan resources are intended to help you find up-to-date election information, plan for in-person and virtual democratic engagement, and develop your campus democratic engagement action plan. In conjunction, ALL IN released its annual Resource Toolkit which provides an overview of tools and opportunities that are available to your campus.

All In Resource Tool Kit

Please email allinchallenge@civicnation.org with additional resources you’d like us to include. We also encourage you to join our Higher Education – Student Voter Engagement (HE-SVE) Google Group to pose questions and share resources in real time.

Join the HE-SVE Google Group

In addition to the resources listed below, ALL IN has created a video to walk you through being ALL IN for 2025.

ALL IN’s theory of change suggests that in order for widespread nonpartisan democratic engagement to occur, there must be a balance of civic learning, voter participation, and ongoing engagement in democracy as part of a campus’s culture. Resources crafted by ALL IN and partner organizations strive to provide structure and support in each of the following categories. 

Civic learning resources are intended to help your campus institutionalize civic engagement so that your students have the skills needed for informed participation in civic life.

  • Action Plan Submission Link: Utilize this form to submit your campus’ democratic engagement action plan.
  • Constitution Day with ActiVote: Constitution Day is an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It is normally observed on September 17, the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia. Campuses that receive federal funding are intended to celebrate this holiday. Consider using the ALL IN ActiVote link to support Constitution Day engagement. 
  • Constitution Day Resources: Campus Examples compiled by ALL IN to help your institution celebrate Constitution Day on September 17th. 
  • Nonpartisan Messaging Toolkit for Faculty & Administrators: Designed to help faculty and administrators integrate nonpartisan ideas, processes, templates, and support for sharing voter information with students. The guide also highlights work done by participating ALL IN Institutions & partners. The toolkit is a living document, and participating institutions can share additional nonpartisan content for inclusion by emailing allinchallenge@civicnation.org.
  • Project Pericles’ Civic Engagement Resources: These resources are for faculty, across all disciplines, who are interested in civic engagement course syllabi, community-engaged learning, deliberative dialogue, nonpartisan voter education, and addressing voter suppression.
  • Students Learn Students Vote Resource Library: Students Learn Students Vote Coalition’s website to find local and national partners that can help support the planning and implementation of democratic engagement on your campus and, in some cases, provide additional resources.
  • SLSV Scenario Planning and Rapid Response Guide: A tool to help campus vote coordinators adjust their nonpartisan electoral engagement action plans to account for unexpected challenges and opportunities that would force them to alter planned strategies and tactics.
  • Tactic Cards: Developed by Democracy Works, ALL IN has updated the tactic cards resource with nonpartisan examples of voter registration, voter education, voter mobilization, and civic education ideas.

Political Engagement resources are designed to help students in every part of the voting process, ranging from registration to casting their ballot and everything in between.

  • ALL IN Nonpartisan Student Voting Group Toolkit: ALL IN Nonpartisan Student Voting Group Toolkit: In 2021, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN), started a process to learn more about nonpartisan voter engagement efforts and surveyed to learn how many of nonpartisan student voting groups existed, to what extent they are supported by their institutions, and what strategies, tactics, and ideas they use to engage their student body in this toolkit. Since then, ALL IN has updated guidance based on campus feedback.
  • Action Plan Submission Link: Utilize this form to submit your campus’ democratic engagement action plan.
  • Coaches’ Voter Engagement Playbook: In March 2024, the Coaches’ Voter Engagement Playbook was made available to support the engagement of student-athletes in the democratic engagement process. This tool has continues to evolve to meet the needs of athletic coaches.
  • Civic Holidays: Nonpartisan days of action that strengthen and celebrate our country’s democracy!
  • Election Hero Day: A civic holiday to recognize the importance and work of election administration teams, poll workers, and more across the nation. 
  • Friend to Friend Texting: ALL IN supplies students with the tools and information they need to host nonpartisan texting parties on campus. 
  • Nonpartisan Election Collaboration Toolkit: This toolkit outlines a partnership between the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) and the League of Women Voters (LWV) to boost nonpartisan civic participation among college students. The collaboration aims to help students overcome barriers to voting, such as strict voter ID laws, confusion around residency, and complex absentee voting processes. The toolkit also provides guidance for local League chapters and college campuses to connect and collaborate.
  • National Voter Education Week: A nonpartisan voter education campaign held annually during the first week of October. NVEW equips voters with the tools and information they need to cast their ballots with confidence, serving as a resource hub for leaders of any community and context who want to help their networks make their voices heard.
  • National Voter Registration Day: A holiday to encourage us to register to vote. Your campus can prepare plans for in-person and online voter registration drives.
  • Project Pericles’ Civic Engagement Resources: These resources are for faculty, across all disciplines, who are interested in civic engagement course syllabi, community-engaged learning, deliberative dialogue, nonpartisan voter education, and addressing voter suppression.
  • SLSV Scenario Planning and Rapid Response Guide: A tool to help campus vote coordinators adjust their nonpartisan electoral engagement action plans to account for unexpected challenges and opportunities that would force them to alter planned strategies and tactics.
  • Student Vote Handbook: In this handbook, leaders will find important voting information to provide to students and ideas on how to communicate and to encourage their participation in elections.
  • Students Learn Students Vote Coalition: Use SLSV’s website to find local and national partners that can help support the planning and implementation of democratic engagement on your campus and, in some cases, provide additional resources. 
  • Virtual Democratic Engagement Toolkit: Strategies and creative ideas for virtual and in-person learning.
  • Vote Early Day: Help support shorter lines during Election Day by celebrating to encourage more people to vote early.
  • Voter Friendly Campus Designation: Information on how your campus can earn the VFC designation.

The following resources are programming tools and ideas to engage your students as your campus gears up for the election cycle.

  • ActiVote: The ALLIN with ActiVote platform is a free personal democracy experience that is completely tailored to the local community in which you vote. Find details on your upcoming elections and sign up for reminders to ensure you never miss a primary or local election going forward! ALLIN with ActiVote gamifies the process of preparing your ballot to ensure you confidently vote in every election.
  • ALL IN Nonpartisan Student Voting Group Toolkit: In 2021, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN), started a process to learn more about nonpartisan voter engagement efforts and surveyed to learn how many of nonpartisan student voting groups existed, to what extent they are supported by their institutions, and what strategies, tactics, and ideas they use to engage their student body in this toolkit. Since then, ALL IN has updated guidance based on campus feedback.
  • ALL IN To Vote: For information on voter registration, making a plan to vote, researching your ballot, becoming a poll worker, and more.
  • Ballotpedia: A tool to research candidates and your ballot.
  • Ballotpedia’s Same Day Voter Registration Information: Information on which states offer Election Day Registration.
  • BallotReady: A tool to research your ballot, find your polling place, receive reminders to vote, and other tools and nudges to encourage informed participation.
  • Civic Holidays: Nonpartisan days of action that strengthen and celebrate our country’s democracy!
  • National Voter Education Week: A nonpartisan voter education campaign held annually during the first week of October. NVEW equips voters with the tools and information they need to cast their ballots with confidence, serving as a resource hub for leaders of any community and context who want to help their networks make their voices heard.
  • National Voter Registration Day: A holiday to encourage us to register to vote. Your campus can prepare plans for in-person and online voter registration drives.
  • Nonpartisan Messaging Toolkit for Faculty & Administrators: Designed to help faculty and administrators integrate nonpartisan ideas, processes, templates, and support for sharing voter information with students. The guide also highlights work done by participating ALL IN Institutions & partners. The toolkit is a living document, and participating institutions can share additional nonpartisan content for inclusion by emailing allinchallenge@civicnation.org.
  • Student Vote Handbook: In this handbook, leaders will find important voting information to provide to students and ideas on how to communicate and to encourage their participation in elections.
  • Tactic Cards: Developed by Democracy Works, ALL IN has updated the tactic cards resource with nonpartisan examples of voter registration, voter education, voter mobilization, and civic education ideas.
  • Virtual Democratic Engagement Toolkit: Strategies and creative ideas for virtual and in-person learning.
  • Vote 411 Absentee Ballot Tool: Provides state-by-state information on the absentee ballot process.
  • Vote Early Day: Help support shorter lines during Election Day by celebrating to encourage more people to vote early.
  • VoteRiders: A database of identification (ID) requirements for voting either absentee or in-person.
  • VoteSmart: For information on candidates’ and elected officials’ stances, speeches, and voting patterns.