What is National Voter Education Week?
Throughout our years of experience promoting nonpartisan voter engagement in collaboration with colleges and universities, corporations, and election officials, we have seen many efforts focused on voter registration and voter turnout, but few focused on voter education – an essential component in ensuring that those who are registered cast a ballot.
Complementing the incredible success of National Voter Registration Day and the exciting 2020 launch of Vote Early Day, National Voter Education Week is a nonpartisan digital voter education campaign that equips voters with the tools, information, and confidence they need to cast their ballots. Launched in 2020 as well, National Voter Education Week works in conjunction with the other Civic Holidays.
Held during the first week of October, National Voter Education Week (NVEW) is a week-long digital campaign, with events live-streamed on various platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. During this week of interactive education, voters learn to find their polling location, understand their ballot, make a plan to vote in person or by mail, and more.
Young adults are our nation’s largest eligible voting block.
This generation of new voters is enthusiastic about civic participation and eager to make their voices heard. National Voter Education Week is a campaign that will equip all voters with the tools, information, and confidence they need to cast their ballots this fall.
New voters in particular often point to systemic barriers and lack of knowledge as key factors that keep them out of the voting booth. National Voter Education Week helps all voters overcome these barriers and bridge the gap between registering to vote and actually casting a ballot. NVEW helps voters overcome common barriers to become confident voters and ambassadors of voting in their own communities every election.
Photo: Andrew Goodman Foundation, Binghamton University
Steering Committee
2020 Partners
In its inaugural year, National Voter Education Week was made possible by the collaborative efforts of nearly 500 partners and individuals from across the country. And while everyone is free to celebrate National Voter Education Week (and we hope they do!), official partnership is restricted to nonpartisan activities inclusive and welcoming of all voters.
List updated as of March 2021.
18by.vote
A Band of Voters
ActiVote
Agnes Scott College
Alexandria Technical & Community College
Aliento
Aliento Education Fund
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
ALL IN Film
Allegany College of Maryland
Alliance for Youth Organizing
American Association of University Women(AAUW) at University of Hawaii at Mānoa
Americans of Conscience Checklist
Andrew Goodman Foundation
Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids
APIAVote
Appalachian State University
Appleton North High School DECA
Arcadia University
Arkansas Tech University
Associated Students of Santa Monica College
Association for the Study of African Ameican Life and History
Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU)
Atlanta University Center (AUC) Votes
Augsburg University
Avanse Ansanm
BakerRipley
Ballotpedia
Baltimore Votes
Barry University
Bay Rising
Beyond the Ballot
Binghamton University
Binghamton University – Center for Civic Engagement
Bites Media
Black Dog Risk Solutions, LLC
Black Girls Vote
Boston University
Bradley University
Bryn Athyn College
Bryn Mawr College
CAA Foundation
Cabrini University
California Institute of the Arts
California State University East Bay
California State University Maritime Academy
California State University Monterey Bay
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Sacramento
California State University, San Marcos
CALPIRG Students
Campus Election Engagement Project
Campus Vote Project
Canal Alliance
Cardinal Stritch University
Caring People Alliance
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Student Assembly
Case Western Reserve University
Cedar Crest College
Centenary University
Center for People With Disabilities
Central Piedmont Community College
Centre College
Cerritos College
Chadsey Condon Community Organization
Chalo Vote
Chapman University
Chestnut Hill College
Child Welfare League of America
Children’s Defense Fund – Texas
Chippewa River District Library
Chippewa Valley Votes
Circadium School of Circus Arts
City of Alameda, California
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Clark Atlanta University
Clark State Community College
Clarkson University
Clemson University
COCM: Towson Place Apartments
Colby College
Colgate University
College of the Canyons
Colorado College
Colorado NORML
Columbia College Chicago
Common Cause
Common Ground Solutions
Commonwealth Seminar
Community College of Allegheny County
Concordia University St Paul
Connecticut College
Council for Opportunity in Education
Creator Mundi – Distinctive Sacred Art & Gifts
Cuyahoga Community College aka Tri-C
Dalton State College
Day on Democracy
Daymar College
Define American Chapter at Grand Canyon University
Democracy Works
Doane University
Douglas County Public Library
Drum Major Institute
Duke University
Duquesne University
Earth Day Network
East Brunswick Public Library
East Carolina University
Edward Waters College
Elders Climate Action
Elizabeth City State University
Elon University
Emory University
Endicott College
Euclid Public Library
Every Child, Inc.
Every Vote Counts
Every Vote Counts @ SCU
EXPO
F.Y. Eye, Inc.
Facebook
Fair Elections Center
Feminist Majority Foundation
Filipino Young Leaders Program (FYLPRO)
Florida Atlantic University
Florida State University
Fort Bragg Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Fort Lewis College
Fort Valley State University
Forward Montana Foundation
Future Voters of Carmel
Galvanize The Greeks
Generation Citizen
Generation Progress
Generation Vote (GenVote)
Genesys
George Washington University
Georgetown University (GU) Votes
Georgia Coalition of The People’s Agenda
GeorgiaForward
Granville County Library System
Group Six Partners
Guilford College
Habitat for Humanity Texas
Harry Potter Alliance
Harvard College
Harvey Mudd College
Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights
HeadCount
Heartland Workers Center
Hennepin Technical College – Eden Prairie
Hillel International – MitzVote
Hostos Community College, City University of New York
Howard College
Howard Community College
Iconex,LLC
ideas42Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois State University
Independent Sector
Independence Community College
Indiana University
Indiana University South Bend
Inside Projects
Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University
Inver Hills Community College
Iowa Western Community College
James Madison University
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles
Johnson C. Smith University
Johnson County Community College
Kean University
Kennesaw State University
Kenyon College
Kritik
Lake Michigan Collegge
Langston University – Women of Purpose
Langston University NAACP Chapter
Lasell University
Lawyers Committee on Civic and Human Rights
LeadMN – College Student Connecting for Change
League of Women Voter San Francisco
League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters – Houston
League of Women Voters of Arlington, VA
League of Women Voters of Georgia
League of Women Voters of Maryland
League of Women Voters of Northeast Tennessee
League of Women Voters of the Greater Joplin Area
League of Women Voters of Virginia
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin
LeMoyne-Owen College
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Leon County Supervisor of Elections
Lincoln University of MO
Lincoln University PA
Long Island University
Louisiana State University
Lowcountry NORML
Loyola University Chicago
Madison Area Technical College
Madonna University
Maine Students Vote
March to the Polls
Marion County, FL Supervisor of Elections
Marquette University
Maryland Institute College of Art
Marywood University
maurices
McConathy Public Library
McKendree University
Medical Advocacy & Outreach
Melrose Organizes for Real Equality
Mercer NAACP
Mesa Community College
Metropolitan State University –
Institute for Community Engagement and Scholarship Building
Mi Familia Vota
Miami Dade College – Institute for Civic Engagement and Democracy
Miami University Regionals
Michigan Department of State
Michigan State University
Michigan State University’s Science Communication Organization
Mid Michigan College
Middle Georgia Votes
Milwaukee Public Library
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minnesota State University – Moorhead
Mississippi Votes
Missouri Southern State University
Moderne Media
Montgomery College
Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles
MOVE Texas
MPIRG
Muhlenberg College
Mustino Times
Mvskoke Nation Youth Services
NAACP
NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
National Conference on Citizenship
National Council on Independent Living
NCPIRG
Nebraska Civic Engagement Table
Neighborhood Family Practice
Net Impact
New College of Florida
New Jersey City University
New York Civic Engagement Table
New York University
Nonprofit Vote
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina Campus Compact
North Hennepin Community College
Northampton Community College
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Northern Arizona University
NYPIRG
OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates Greater Cleveland Chapter
Ohio Campus Compact
OneMillionOfUs
Operation Pathways
Opportunity Youth United
Orange County, Florida Supervisor of Elections
Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections
Participant
Penn State University – Brandywine
Petoskey District Library
Philly Youth Vote!
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
Poder Latinx
Prescott College
Prince George’s Community College
Prism DJs
Project 555: Youth Voter Education
PUSH Buffalo
Queens University of Charlotte
Rabble Mill
re:power
Region 9 Head Start Association
REV UP Texas
Rice University, Center for Civic Leadership
Richer Poorer
Rochester Community and Technical College
Rock the Vote
Rogers State University
Roll to the Polls
Rollins College
Sacramento State
Saddleback College
Saint Mary’s College of California
Saint Paul College
Salem College
San Joaquin Delta College
Scholars Strategy Network
Science Rising
Seton Hall University
Sewanee: The University of the South
Sierra College
Sightline Institute
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Epsilon Chi Sigma Chapter
Silver State Voices
SJ Solidarity Collective
SLSV Coalition
South Asians Vote
Southeastern Wisconsin NORML
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Spread The Vote
St Louis Association of Community Organizations
St. Brigid Catholic Church
St. Catherine University
St. James UMC Alpharetta
Stanford University
State Voices
Stony Brook University
Student PIRGs
Students Vote 2020
Suffolk University
Suffolk University
SUNY Cortland
Tennessee Campus Democracy Network
Texas A&M International University
Texas A&M University – Commerce
Texas A&M University – San Antonio
Texas State University
The Aliveness Project
The Arc of California
The Climate Reality Project
The Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri
The Key to Community Project
The Ohio State University
The People’s Pitzer
The Towers at CCNY
The University of Vermont
Towson University
Transylvania University
Twitter
UConnPIRG’s New Voters Project
Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio
United Way
University of California Davis
University of California Riverside
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Cruz
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Central Arkansas
University of Central Florida
University of Detroit Mercy – School of Law
University of Florida
University of Iowa
University of Kansas Athletics
University of La Verne
University of Maine
University of Memphis
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Michigan – Dearborn
University of Minnesota – Duluth
University of Minnesota – Rochester
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Reno
University of North Carolina Asheville
University of North Carolina, Pembroke
University of North Texas
University of Oklahoma
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Puget Sound
University of Rhode Island
University of San Diego
University of South Carolina Upstate
University of South Florida
University of the Pacific
University of Utah
University of Wisconsin – La Crosse
University of Wisconsin – Parkside
University of Wisconsin – Platteville
University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
University of Wisconsin – Superior
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Upland Chapter of the National Honor Society
Ursinus College
Vanderbilt University
VidMob
VietAmVote
Virginia Civic Engagement Table
Virginia Wesleyan University
Volusia County Department of Elections
Vote At Home
Vote Early Day
Vote Everywhere University of Alabama
Vote Remote
Vote Z
Vote.org
Voteology
VOTERISE
Wagner College
Wake Forest University
Warren Wilson College
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington Secretary of State
Waterspirit
Wayne Community College
Weber State University
Western Carolina University
When We All Vote
Whittier College
Whitworth University
Williamson Family Resource Center
Winona State University
Winthrop University
Wofford College
Yahoo News
Y’22
YMCA
York College of PA
Young Invincibles
Young Latino Network
Young People For
YouthCare
YVote
Zumiez Inc
