Campus Vote Intiative

As a part of Campus Compact effort to engage campuses in the 2008 election, NC Campus Compact distributed 14 mini-grants to assist member campuses with voter education, awareness, and registration. The mini-grants help fund voter marches, registration drives, panel discussions, and  across the state of North Carolina. Along with the mini-grants NC Campus Compact distributed a post-election survey at this year’s Student Conference. For survey results click here.

NC Campus Compact would like to thank each campus who participated in this effort. Funds for the Voter Initiative were procured through the  Puffin Foundation and through fundraising efforts of noted author and activist Paul Loeb. To see the funded initiatives click here. We would like to thank each campuses for their voter efforts.  

Other Compacts that participated in this effort include: Kentucky CC, Florida CC, Ohio CC, Michigan CC, Virginia CC, Massachusetts CC, Mississippi CC, Indiana CC . NC Campus Compact’s 2008 Voter Initiative Report can be viewed here.

Recommended Resources

Although the 2008 Presidential election is over, we encourage campuses to continue to promote political engagement. Below are resources to support your efforts.

University and College Specific Voter Resources:

• Campus Compact’s main Voter Page - and a complementary website, Your Vote, Your Voice - pages are especially helpful in integrating the election into campus events.

• Campus Checklist - This is the best place to start a voter initiative on campus. It contains a great deal of ideas to get you thinking about various programs and how to attack them.

• Student Vote - an online voter registration tool for schools. You can customize it for your school, with your school colors and logo, and post it on high-traffic sites, like your main page, registration pages, and the pages people visit for athletic team schedules. It also lets you follow up with new registrants to encourage them to vote
  
  
• Campus Voter Engagement Blog
  

• Campus Compact's election engagement project has created a new mapping tool. It will let interested people at any given school connect with each other to help engage their campus, and help the state Campus Compacts see which campuses are already self-organizing, and which need follow-up reminders.

• Necessary resources to help your school engage students in precisely this way: the prime service learning network Campus Compact's 2008 Campus Vote Initiative, and a complementary website - Your Vote, Your Voice

North Carolina Specific Resources:

• North Carolina State Board of Elections Web Site

• NC Civic Engagement Consortium ­– A UNC- Chapel Hill based Organization that works with schools, governments, and community organizations to prepare North Carolina's young people to be active, responsible citizens. Good database for lesson plans, programs, and guides for the election.

• North Carolina Student Public Interest Research Group

Other Voter Resources:

• 1-866-OUR-VOTE is the nation's largest voter help line to answer voting questions, get legal help on and before Election Day organized by the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights, Advancement Project and partners. 

• 1-888-Ve-Y-Vota ("Go and Vote!") is the national Spanish language voter assistance helpline. Sponsored by the National Association of Latino Election Officials (NALEO), National Council of La Raza, Mi Familia Vota, Univision and others. 

Contacts

• NC Campus Compact, Voter Initiative Director, Jonathan S. Romm, jromm@elon.edu

The 2008 NC Campus Vote Initiative was made possible in part by financial support from the Puffin Foundation Ltd.