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HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION CHALLENGE

Collier County Supervisor of Elections

Trish Robertson, APR, CERA, CPRC, MFCEP

Public Relations Officer

COLLIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• ~200,000 Registered Voters

• 5 Public School Districts

• 9 High Schools (includes 1

technical school)

• 11 Middle Schools

• 30 Elementary Schools

• 7 Charter Schools and Private Schools

SCHOOL PROGRAMMING

• Sept.-Oct. High School Voter Registration Challenge; campus tour for home-school students; student government elections

• Oct.-Nov. Art for Democracy art contest

• Jan.-April High school career fairs; prom court elections

• March-May Sunshine State Young Readers Awards elections; student government elections

Additional mock elections and presentations take place throughout the year

HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION CHALLENGE

• 2019 = Sixth Annual Challenge

• 72 School visits

• 4,947 Voter registrations/pre-registrations received

• ~16,000 Interactions with students

HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION CHALLENGE

• Challenge takes place Sept.-Oct. usually in time for Constitution Week and National Voter Registration Day

• Offer program as in-class room presentation, assembly setting or table set-up

• Collect Voter Registration Applications

• School providing most applications wins challenge

2018 HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION CHALLENGE

• 11 schools

• 937 voter registrations/pre-registrations

• Gulf Coast High School wins with 273 voter registration applications

2018 HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION CHALLENGE

Encounters

• School cooperation

• Cynicism of the electoral process

• Varying programs

• Online voter registration

Best Practices

• Work directly with teachers and dept. heads

• Change up messaging

• Adapt to full classroom style presentation vs. table set-up during lunch

• Continue with paper registrations

2018 HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION CHALLENGE

Best Practices cont’d

• Work with multiple departments and useyour volunteers

• Incorporate competition in your challenge to engage schools and students

• Use social media tagging schools and using school hashtags: #CCPSSuccess #CCPSProud

• Provide materials ahead of challenge to help encourage participation

• Conduct a post-challenge survey to develop improvements for future challenges

2019 HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION CHALLENGE

MayJune-July

Aug. Sept. Oct.

• Confirm CCPS

school-year

calendar

• Conduct outreach

for teacher

contacts

• Distribute “save-

the-dates”

• May 15: Open

HSVRC scheduling

• Aug. 9: Attend

high school

teacher

orientations

• Continue HSVRC

scheduling (Sept.

6 deadline)

• Sept. 6: HSVRC

scheduling

deadline

• Schedule diplomats

• Sept. 9: HSVRC

begins

• Week of Oct. 1:

HSVRC ends

• Notify schools of

program outcome

and winning school

• Schedule award

presentation and

send press release

• Contact teachers

and dept. heads

for post-challenge

survey

CONTACT US

Trish Robertson, APR, CERA, CPRC, MFCEPPublic Relations Officer

Trish.Robertson@CollierCountyFL.gov

(239) 252-8052

Heather Doane, APR, MFCEPOutreach Coordinator

Heather.Done@CollierCountyFL.gov

(239) 252-8805