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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
(239) 252-8052
Heather Doane, APR, MFCEPOutreach Coordinator
(239) 252-8805