Get Involved!

Help your community get ready to vote through one of our nonpartisan voter education programs or by signing up to be an election judge. See the ideas below for citizens, non-profits and businesses, high schools, and colleges.

Citizen opportunities

There are many ways you can participate in democracy in addition to voting.

• Become an election judge
• Run for office
• Contact your elected representatives

Nonprofit and business programs

Recruit election judges

Customize our election judge recruiting templates and other toolkit materials to encourage those in your networks to become election judges or student election judge trainees.

Voter registration drives

Learn everything you need to know to hold a successful voter registration drive.

VOTER OUTREACH MATERIALS

Download and print nonpartisan voter outreach materials.

Our Voter Outreach Toolkit [PDF] contains suggested newsletters, social media content, and links to shareable graphics to encourage voter participation.

High school programs

Students Voting 2022                          

Students Voting is Minnesota's statewide mock election for all grade levels, first held in fall 2016.

Your Vote Matters

Your Vote Matters is a high school voter education program to support Minnesota civics and government teachers. It includes a three-lesson unit for teaching students about voting rights, the importance of voting, and how to get ready to vote.

College and university programs

Democracy Cup 2022

The 2022 Democracy Cup is a statewide college and university voter registration competition coordinated by the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, LeadMN, Students United, MAPCS and the University of Minnesota System.

Student Study Abroad Toolkit

The Study Abroad Toolkit collects information about voting when studying in another country. There are also resources colleges can download and share.