Running the Biggest Voter Registration and Get-Out-the-Vote Drive Your Campus Has Ever Seen: Planning and Training Retreat (2-day)
Background/Goal: Since 2003, the SET Project has partnered with the Student PIRGs’ New Voters Project, the largest non-partisan youth voter mobilization project in U.S. history. In 2012, the New Voters Project’s efforts on campuses across the country registered over 100,000 young voters and made over 300,000 personal voting reminders to students in the days leading up to the election.
The goal of this training is to bring our expertise on youth voter mobilization to your campus. Over the course of the weekend, your SGA members will learn the skills and strategies to mobilize young voters, as well as develop an action plan for a successful non-partisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote drive on your campus.
Friday:
5:00-5:30 - Welcome and Introductions
5:30-7:00 - Overview: the New Voters Project Model and Case Studies
7:00 - Dinner
Saturday:
9:00-10:00 - Voter Registration: Tabling
10:00-11:00 - Voter Registration: Canvassing Dorms or Student Housing
11:00-12:00 - Voter Registration: Class Announcements
12:00-1:00 - Setting Realistic and Motivating Goals
1:00-2:00 - Lunch
2:00-3:30 - Saturating the Campus: Planning Your Visibility “Blitz”
3:30-5:00 - Building Your Voter Registration Coalition
5:00-5:30 - Break
5:30-7:00 - Planning Your Voter Registration Drive
7:00 - Dinner and Team-Building
Sunday:
9:30-11:00 - Working With Volunteers
11:00-12:30 - Overview: Developing Leaders Through Your Voter Registration Drive
12:30-1:30 - Lunch
1:30-2:30 - Overview: Tactics for Voter Mobilization
2:30-3:30 - Media Outreach 101
3:30 - Debrief and Closing
