Johns Hopkins University is one of 471 colleges and universities recognized for its outstanding efforts to increase student voter participation in the 2024 elections.

THE All-in-one campus democracy challenge honored JHU based on university-wide efforts to facilitate nonpartisan voter engagement, including events like Democracy DayEarly Day and Election Day Voting organized with Transportation Services. It also celebrates voter turnout events organized by Hopkins Votesa non-partisan university initiative led by the Center of Social Concern In Student Affairs.

Popular programming hosted by Hopkins Votes and partners on JHU campuses this fall included:

“We are incredibly grateful and proud of how the Hopkins community, especially our students, came together and engaged in the process to educate themselves, register and be ready to vote,” said Luis L. Sierra Moncióndeputy director of the Center for Social Concern and director of Hopkins Votes. “The Center for Social Concern and Hopkins Votes teams look forward to continuing to work seriously with our team and partners to ensure that momentum does not stop with this election season, but that our students continue to develop their sense of civic action. This includes not only preparing to vote in the 2026 midterm elections, but also remaining civically engaged at all levels between each election cycle, starting with our local communities. »

The All-In Campus Democracy Challenge enables colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement. Campuses that join the challenge take a set of steps, with support from All-In staff, to institutionalize nonpartisan civic learning and voter participation on their campus. The challenge currently involves 10.8 million students from more than 1,075 institutions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

“The research is clear: Colleges and universities that make intentional efforts to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement have higher rates of voter registration and voter turnout,” said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, director executive of the All-In Campus Democracy Challenge. “This year, we’ve seen more colleges than ever step up their efforts to ensure their students are enrolled and ready to make their voices heard at the ballot box. These most engaged campuses set the standard for nonpartisan civic engagement work for colleges and universities. across the country.”

Johns Hopkins University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution that neither supports nor opposes any candidate for public office.