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College Voter Registration Competition

Since 2015, thanks to the hard work of colleges and universities across the state, thousands of students have registered to vote through voter registration drives. The Secretary of State’s office is proud to initiate and support many of these drives.  With an exciting election year ahead of us, we hope that we would capture this energy to get more students engaged in the electoral process by continuing the tradition this September - which is National Voter Registration Month.

Register to vote below from September 1st – September 30th to help your school win!

Must use this link to count towards your school's final tally. 

Click HERE to Register to Vote

Voter Registration Social Media Competition

The Tennessee Secretary of State’s office is challenging colleges and universities across the state to participate in a social media competition to encourage students to register to vote as part of the College Voter Registration Competition. 

Categories

  • Private schools
  • 4-year public schools
  • 2-year public schools

Social Media Campaign Requirements

  • Utilize #GoVoteTN and a campus specific hashtag
  • Must be nonpartisan
  • Must encourage students to register to vote
  • Must be done during National Voter Registration Month (September)

Scoring Breakdown

  • Social Media Engagement (30%)
    • We will be tracking the engagement of your specific campus hashtag using an online tool, so encourage your peers to participate.
    • It’s important to use both #GoVoteTN and your campus specific hashtag in order for us to see your social media campaign and track your engagement.
    • This will be weighted based on student population of your school.
  • Creativity and Uniqueness to Campus (20%)
    • Be creative and have fun with it! Start a buzz on your campus by designing a campaign that’s unique to your campus with your own branding.
    • Special guest judges will judge your campaigns based on creativity.
  • Voter Registrations (50%)
    • We have created a special link just for college students so we can track online voter registrations from your school. We will take into account the number of online voter registrations and paper forms (send paper forms to our office).
      • This will be weighted based on student population of your school.