Student Vote is a strictly non-partisan, volunteer-run ,one-stop, online registration and vote-planning resource for college students in 7 states with competitive races for President and Congress.
Student Vote voting plan pages are not general instructions for an entire state or for different types of voters – they are instructions for students on a specific college campus and we provide one-on-one voting help for college students or their parents.
Studentvote.info provides the following information for college students on its voting plan pages:
The Student Vote site is fully mobile-friendly and can function as a mobile web app to help students register and vote from anywhere.
Checking the boxes on our voting plan pages produces a personalized voting plan that can be downloaded in PDF format or emailed/texted.
Student Vote is run by volunteers who are not affiliated with any party or campaign. We are unincorporated and self-financed by contributions from friends and other volunteers. Our motivation is to help college students overcome common obstacles and barriers to voting.
Yes they are! In every state, college students can choose whether to register from their home address or school address.
States have different lengths of residency required prior to Election Day but none is longer than 30 days, so students who have lived at school since September are allowed to vote from school.
It’s Your Choice –pick the option that’s the easiest and most impactful for you.
Why Register and Vote from College?
Why Vote from Home?
Student Vote provides non-partisan, campus-specific voting plans colleges located in 7 states. Select a college from the list on the home page to find step-by-step instructions for voter registration and voting on your campus location.
Student Vote college voting plans recommend the easiest way to vote for a particular campus. For example, if a college has an Early Voting polling place on campus, the recommended way to vote would be during Early Voting. In other cases, Early Voting may not be easily accessible to a campus, so the recommended way to vote would be Election Day voting at a polling place on or near campus.
Anyone may view a college’s Voting Plan page and select the options that apply to their situation, such as whether they have an in-state driver’s license or whether they choose to vote a different way (such as Vote by Mail or Vote from Study Abroad).
After selecting the voting plan options for your situation, you may put in a phone number or email address to have your voting plan sent to you. After submitting your form, you can also download a PDF of your personalized voting plan for your college location.
The voting volunteers at Student Vote are creating voting plans and adding new colleges each day. If your school’s plan is not yet ready, enter your email address or phone number to be notified when it is available and click “Submit”.
Requesting a school’s plan by entering your contact info also tells Student Vote to prioritize and expedite the plan for your particular college.
You may also request personal help from Student Vote by emailing contact@studentvote.info or texting/calling (347) 460-4860.
Yes! US citizens who are outside the country can vote by Special Absentee Ballot. Everything you need to request your Absentee Ballot is at votefromabroad.org You can do it right now! The site has a help-desk if you have specific questions.
If your school is not listed but is located in PA, MI, WI, AZ, GA, NC, Upstate NY or Long Island, NY, send us your college name and your contact information and we will work on a voting plan for your college.
In other states and locations, we recommend that students seek voting help from one of these sources:
Yes! Moving to college is considered moving to a new state. You can choose to vote absentee from your home state or register to vote from your college address. The choice is yours as long as you do not vote in more than one place.
Your new registration at college supersedes the old registration if you choose to vote from college, and you should only ever vote from one location. It is good practice to contact your old county or municipal elections clerk to cancel your old voter registration as you would when moving to a new state.
If your driver’s license or official state ID is from a different state from your college or where you are currently residing, you can still register to vote using the last four digits of your social security number as your ID.
Some states will let you register online only if you have a state-issued driver’s license or ID card. Other states will allow you to register online with your social security number, but you will need sign with a touchpad or upload a quality image of your signature in a format the state accepts (usually .jpg or .png).
Our voting volunteers send students paper registration forms and stamped addressed envelopes for you to register using your social security number and a signature on paper. Order yours here.
College students face some unique obstacles to registration and voting and some obstacles that are shared by a wide range of voters. Common voting challenges include the following technical and psychological barriers:
In swing states, students don’t understand the outsize impact of their votes on election outcomes and may not understand their vote has great power in tight races.
Student Vote’s personalized voting plans aim to navigate students around these barriers and present a single, clear path for each student to both register and vote this year.
There are many ways you can help!
Publicize your college’s 2024 Voting Guide to your friends and fellow students at college and have them sign up for individualized voting plans.
Run an on-campus voter registration event using our paper forms, return envelopes and voting voting plans. Request forms and envelopes here.