Â黨ÐÇ¿Õmv recognized for excellence in student voter registration and turnout during 2022 midterm elections
October 1, 2024
BENTON HARBOR, MICH.Ìý– The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) has recognized Â黨ÐÇ¿Õmv for its nonpartisan engagement efforts that fostered high levelsÌýof student voter engagement in the 2022 midterm elections. Ìý
LMC received the Gold Campus Award for Excellence in Student Voter Engagement, reflecting its commitment to ensuring that voter participation is a defining feature of campus life. This is in additionÌýto the recently announced Highly Established Action Plan SealÌýLMC receivedÌýfrom ALL IN for the 2024 election cycle.Ìý
The Gold Campus Award recognizes a voting rate of 40-49% among students who are eligible to vote. LMC’s 2022 voting rate was 41.5 percent, up from 35 percent during the 2018 midterms. LMC’s rateÌýcomparesÌýto an overall rate of 30.6 percent for all higher education institutionsÌýand 29 percent for community colleges nationwide. Ìý
“Through on-campus voter registration drives, guest speakers, and collaboration with theÌýnon-partisanÌýLeague of Women Voters of Berrien/Cass County, we bring civic participation to forefront with our students,†stated Tiffany Bohm, LMC Political Science Instructor.Ìý“We are pleased to see the results of those efforts and will continue to encourage our students to be well-informed participantsÌýin our country’s democratic process.â€Ìý
LMC was recognized alongside more than 500 campuses using data from the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) out of Tufts University, which found thatÌýin 2022Ìýcolleges and universities had the second-highest voter turnout among students in a midterm election since NSLVE began measuring this data.Ìý
More than 1,060 institutions enrolling moreÌýthan 10 million students take partÌýin the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.ÌýThe organization seeksÌýto make participation in local, state, and federal elections a social normÌýand substantially increaseÌýthe number of college students who are engaged during and between elections, not just at the polls. ALL IN works with college campuses to make civic engagementÌýa part of the culture and curriculum so students graduate with the knowledge, skills, behaviors, and values needed to be an informed and active citizen.Ìý
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