Get ready for NJ High School Voter Registration Week April 14-20

In a continued effort to increase youth voter and civic engagement, Jersey Civic Engage is conducting NJ High School Voter Registration Week during the week of April 14-20, 2024. They want and need young adults to take an active part in the public life of their communities and make voting a lifelong habit.

Many New Jersey residents across the state participated last year and are participating this year to volunteer to run activities in their communities and with Jersey Civic Engage’s state government partner, the New Jersey Department of Education.

Jersey Civic Engage is asking for your help in this non-partisan effort to register eligible 17 and 18 year old high school students right in their own communities. They are doing this in anticipation of the voter registration deadline on May 14th for the upcoming Primary Election 2024 on June 4th.

There’s still plenty of time to take part. Simply send an email that includes your name/organization name and phone number to NJDOS@sos.nj.gov and in the subject line copy and paste the words NJ HS Voter Registration. 

To support participants Jersey Civic Engage provided links to activity guidance and related materials:

• Share Lt. Governor Way’s NJ High School Voter Registration Week Video on your social media pages. It will be available for use on April 15th.

• Review Activity Guidance for Communities about How to Participate in NJ High School Voter Registration Week

• Distribute and ask students to read the brief student focused slide deck Be An Informed New Jersey Voter .

• Share the event flyer with QR code

• Share the Student Voter Registration & Voting Page found on the Voter Information Portal

• Create your own social media posts with the graphic you can find on the New Jersey High School Voter Registration Week page. Use the hashtag #NJStudentsVote

• Share social media posts from NJ Votes and Jersey Civic Engage pages at @NJ_Votes and @NJCivicEngage

• NJ Civic Engage encourages you to run voter registration activities beyond April 20 keeping in mind that the registration deadline for the Primary Election is May 14th.

Please pass this on to the pertinent people who you think can help in celebrating NJ High School Voter Registration Week.

For any questions about NJ High School Voter Registration Week or the Jersey Civic Engage initiative, please contact Eric Kipnis, Manager of Constituent Relations at NJDOS@sos.nj.gov.