Manhattan University Recognized As A 2024 All In Most Engaged Campus For Student Voting

Manhattan University has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) as a 2024 Most Engaged Campus for student voting. ALL IN recognizes colleges and universities for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation. Manhattan University joins a group of 471 institutions from across the U.S. that received the recognition for completing four core actions:

• Participating in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge;
• Sharing 2022 NSLVE reports with campus voting data with ALL IN;
• Developing and submitting a 2024 democratic engagement action plan; and
• Having a current signatory to ALL IN’s Higher Education President’s Commitment to full student voter participation.

Dr. Margaret Groarke, Professor of Political Science and Chair of the History, Political Science, and International Studies department at Manhattan University stated, “We are thrilled with this recognition. Our Jasper Votes team has worked very hard this year to help students get excited about the election, register, and apply for absentee ballots. Our effort is nonpartisan – we simply want all eligible Manhattan University students to participate and use their voices in our democracy. We look forward to continuing our high percentage of student voters.”

“The research is clear: colleges and universities that make intentional efforts to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement have higher campus voter registration and voter turnout rates. This year, we saw more institutions than ever before step up their efforts to ensure that their students were registered and ready to make their voices heard at the ballot box”, said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, Executive Director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. “These Most Engaged Campuses are setting the standard for nonpartisan civic engagement work for colleges and universities across the country.”