Established in 2016, the California Secretary of State’s (SOS) Students Vote Project (SVP) is a leading statewide, nonpartisan program that elevates student voices and promotes student civic engagement efforts to build a more inclusive democracy.
In 2019, the Student Civic and Voter Empowerment Act (SCVEA) was enacted to give California colleges and universities the necessary tools to increase civic engagement and participation in democracy among young voters. In 2020, the California Secretary of State Students Vote Project was expanded to support and ensure implementation of the law. California Community Colleges and California State Universities must meet the requirements laid out in the SCVEA, while the University of California campuses are encouraged. The SCVEA requirements include, but are not limited to,:
- Distribute, in consultation with the Secretary of State, campuswide emails to all students with specified voting- and election-related dates and information, and to include specified dates on all print and online academic calendars.
- Post on social media reminders to students of specified voter-related dates and information.
- Designate one person per campus as the Civic and Voter Empowerment Coordinator with specified responsibilities, including developing a Civic and Voter Empowerment Action Plan.
To ensure the California Students Vote Project has the most updated contact information for your campus’ Civic and Voter Empowerment Coordinator, please fill out the contact form below. The California Secretary of State will contact the coordinator to request verification of campus affiliation and job title.
For more information on the SCVEA, please visit:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB963
