The Voter Friendly Campus designation program was started through a partnership between Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA’s NASPA LEAD Initiative in 2016. This partnership was formed as a tool to support higher education institutions fulfilling the requirements of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which necessitates that institutions distribute voter registration forms to their students. Due to the lack of instructions and guidance regarding this requirement, the Voter Friendly Campus designation process was developed in an effort to further the work of the Students Learn Students Vote coalition in creating more measurable and manageable guidelines for institutions to follow in order to create a more voter-friendly campus.
UMW is honored to participate in the Voter Friendly Campus program, and to document our work supporting civic engagement on the UMW campus. In spring of 2021 we produced our 2020 Voter Friendly Campus report (PDF) that provides an overview of our activities in fall 2020. In spring 2023, we produced our 2022 Voter Friendly Campus report (PDF) that provides an overview of our activities in fall 2022. We have also produced a report that documents our activities in fall 2023.