Civics Week: Student Voter Registration

The Special Projects Team trained staff and partners in preparation for the Public Engagement Unit (PEU)'s non-partisan Student Voter Registration Drive (SVRD), which is held each year during NYC Department of Education (DOE)'s Civics Week. Over the years, hundreds of PEU staff have headed out to hundreds of classrooms in DOE schools across the City to register (and pre-register) students to vote. It was democracy in action, PEU-style!

The Special Projects Team also led various phone and text banking campaigns before elections to remind millions of New Yorkers to get out to vote. The team also led text banking campaigns in partnership with the NYC Voters' Survey and NYC Speaks to learn about New Yorkers' experiences with voting and the Board of Elections and to gather perspectives on the changes residents envision for their communities.