
2026 Arizona Campus Voting Challenge
In partnership with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL INhttp://allinchallenge.org/), the Arizona Secretary of State’s office will announce the 2024 Arizona Campus Voting Challenge Awards after the anticipated release of the 2024 National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) from CIRCLE at Tufts University.
Actions to prepare for upcoming state, local, and primary elections and the 2026 midterm election
- Join the Arizona Campus Voting Challenge if your institution isn’t already participating. See a list of participating campuses here.
- Develop a campus nonpartisan civic engagement action plan using these action planning resources.
- Submit your action plan to ALL IN.
- ALL IN has three action plan submission opportunities during each two-year election cycle. The 2026 action plan submission opportunities are:
- December 15, 2025
- May 31, 2026
- October 1, 2026
- ALL IN has three action plan submission opportunities during each two-year election cycle. The 2026 action plan submission opportunities are:
- Authorize the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) housed at the CIRCLE at Tufts University to receive campus voting reports every two years. See if your institution has authorized NSLVE here.
- Encourage your campus president or chancellor to join more than 700 senior campus leaders by signing ALL IN’s Higher Education Presidents' Commitment to Full Student Voter Participation.
Campus Updates for the Arizona Voting Challenge
- 19 in the Arizona Campus Voting Challenge.
Resources to support campus nonpartisan democratic engagement
- Local Election Official Campus Engagement Report
- Coaches Voter Engagement Pledge & Resources
- Nonpartisan Student Voting Group Toolkit
- ALL IN Resource Toolkit
- Action Planning Resources
Developing a nonpartisan democratic engagement action plan is a key step of participating in ALL IN and institutionalizing nonpartisan democratic engagement on your campus. Each election cycle, ALL IN provides three action plan submission opportunities including two chances for campuses to receive feedback on their action plan. Check out these action planning resources:
- Strengthening American Democracy Guide which outlines the sections and content to include in a nonpartisan democratic engagement action plan.
- Strengthening American Democracy Rubric which allows a campus to self-assess the strength of their nonpartisan democratic engagement action plan and is used by ALL IN to confidentially score a plan.
- Example Action Plans which will provide examples of strong action plans.

Civic Holidays
Civic Holidays are nonpartisan days of action that strengthen and celebrate our country's democracy.
The 2025 Civic Holidays are:
- August 12, 2025: National Poll Worker Recruitment Day
- September 16, 2025: National Voter Registration Day
- September 17, 2025: Constitution Day
- October 6-10, 2025: National Voter Education Week
- Thursday, October 28, 2025: Vote Early Day
- November 3, 2025: Election Hero Day
- November 4, 2025: Election Day
Join Arizona Campus Voting Challenge
2025 Student Voting Honor Roll Recipients
- Arizona State University - Katie Ritchie
- Cochise College - Ximena Lizarraga
- Mesa Community College - Celeste Whiterock
- Rio Salado College - Saffron Wells
- University of Arizona - Adriana Grijalva
2024 Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting
- Arizona State University
- Arizona Western College
- Chandler-Gilbert Community College
- Cochise College
- Mesa Community College
- Northern Arizona University
- Paradise Valley Community College
- Phoenix College
- Rio Salado College
- Scottsdale Community College
- University of Arizona
4-Year Institutions
- Highest Voting Rate: Arizona State University
- Highest Voter Registration Rate: Northern Arizona University
2-Year Institutions
- Highest Voting Rate: Scottsdale Community College
- Highest Voter Registration Rate: Mesa Community College
- Most Improved Voting Rate: Paradise Valley Community College
2022 Election
- Arizona 2022 Election Award
- 12 campuses earned 2022 seals
- 8 campuses submitted Democratic engagement action plans
2022 Silver Campus
- Estrella Mountain Community College
- Northern Arizona University
- Arizona State University
- Rio Salado College
- Chandler-Gilbert Community College
- Paradise Valley Community College
- Mesa Community College
- University of Arizona
- Phoenix College
2022 Bronze Campus
- GateWay Community College
- South Mountain Community College