YOUTH AND THE VOTE

Governor’s Civic Engagement Award 

• Register your high school for 2024-2025
• 2022-2023 Winners
• Bridge 21 HS link
• 2024-2025 Award announced to recognize PA high schools and students  who engage students in voting. 

• PA Youth Vote is a student-led nonpartisan coalition dedicated to putting students first and getting all 18 year olds to the polls on Election Day.
• Voter IDs for first time voters.
• Low registration rates of eligible voters in Civics Center analysis of Pennsylvania schools.155,000 individuals turn 18 each year in Pennsylvania per Census and AP data. See Future Voter Score Card.

College and University initiatives

• State voting portal for college students.
• 72 campuses participated in ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (see map).
• Eight campuses won Platinum Awards for voter turnout rates > 80%.
• Dickinson College achieved 85% turnout in one of the highest rates nationally. Dickinson Votes partnered with the Upsilon Delta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority to host voter registration at the Black Cultural Festival hosted by a local nonprofit, Hope Station
• Pennsylvania ranked #1 for Youth Voter Impact in 2022.
• PA Youth Vote on Instagram
• Pennsylvania Campus Voter Guide

Other Factors and Initiatives

• School shootings stimulated interest in civic participation.

Pennsylvania Campus Voting Challenge Award Winners 

• 4-Year Institutions Highest Voting Rate: Bryn Mawr College 
• Highest Voter Registration Rate: Bryn Mawr College 
• Most Improved Voting Rate: Saint Francis University 
• Community Colleges Highest Voting Rate: Montgomery County Community College 
• Highest Voter Registration Rate: Community College of Allegheny County 
• Most Improved Voting Rate: Community College of Beaver County

Pennsylvania ranked #1 for Youth Voter Impact in 2022.

Pennsylvania Campus Voter Guide