New Jersey Ballot Bowl

The ALL IN NJ Campus Voting Challenge (which is a separate program from the NJ Ballot Bowl) is a nonpartisan competition among higher education institutions in New Jersey with a commitment to increasing student voter participation and engagement on campuses across the state.

In partnership with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN), the New Jersey Department of State’s office will announce the 2024 New Jersey Campus Voting Challenge Awards after the anticipated release of the 2024 National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) from CIRCLE at Tufts University in 2025.

The New Jersey Department of State is helping to facilitate this voting challenge in collaboration with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, a national nonpartisan nonprofit that supports more than 930 campuses to institutionalize nonpartisan democratic engagement. Participation in the ALL IN NJ Campus Voting Challenge will automatically include participation in the national ALL IN program and awards competition. The New Jersey Ballot Bowl will take place every year and the ALL IN NJ Campus Voting Challenge award ceremony will occur every odd year in conjunction with the Ballot Bowl celebration for that year.

Institutions that opt into the ALL IN NJ Campus Voting Challenge will be provided guidance and tools to create an action plan for increasing student engagement on their campus. There is no sign-up cost to participate.

Learn more about how the ALL IN NJ Campus Voting Challenge works, other state voting challenges and if you have any further questions you can email ALL IN (allinchallenge@civicnation.org).

To sign up to participate in ALL IN Campus Voting Challenge in New Jersey fill out this form.

Actions to prepare for upcoming state, local, and primary elections and the 2026 midterm election:

Join the New Jersey Campus Voting Challenge if your institution isn’t already participating. See a list of participating campuses here.
Develop a campus nonpartisan civic engagement action plan using these action planning resources.
Submit your action plan to ALL IN.
- ALL IN has three action plan submission opportunities during each two-year election cycle. The 2026 action plan submission opportunities are:
  - December 15, 2025
  - May 31, 2026
  - October 1, 2026
Authorize the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) housed at the CIRCLE at Tufts University to receive campus voting reports every two years. See if your institution has authorized NSLVE here.
Encourage your campus president or chancellor to join more than 700 senior campus leaders by signing ALL IN’s Higher Education Presidents' Commitment to Full Student Voter Participation.

Resources to support campus nonpartisan democratic engagement:

Civic Holidays

Civic Holidays are nonpartisan days of action that strengthen and celebrate our country's democracy.

The 2025 Civic Holidays are:

August 12, 2025: National Poll Worker Recruitment Day
September 16, 2025: National Voter Registration Day
September 17, 2025: Constitution Day
October 6-10, 2025: National Voter Education Week
Thursday, October 28, 2025: Vote Early Day
November 3, 2025: Election Hero Day
November 4, 2025: Election Day

ALL IN Student Voting Awards

2025 ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll Recipients

Campus	Student
Berkeley College-Woodland Park	Monserrat Miranda
Drew University	Natali Amaro
Kean University	Julora Amoako
Montclair State University	Caillou Rivera
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Ameera Abouali
Princeton University	Genevieve Shutt
Ramapo College of New Jersey	Sarah Glisson
Raritan Valley Community College	Calvin Edgar
Rutgers University-Camden	Alex Simone
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	Christopher Godoy
The College of New Jersey	Jaclyn Romano

2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting

Berkeley College-Woodland Park
Middlesex College
Montclair State University
Princeton University
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Raritan Valley Community College
Rider University

2023 ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll Recipients

Secretary of State Way and the New Jersey Department of State are proud of the 10 students attending New Jersey Institutions recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge in the 2023 Student Voting Honor Roll.

The annual ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll recognizes college students at participating campuses who are advancing nonpartisan student voter registration, education, and turnout efforts as well as ensuring equitable access to the polls.

Campus	Student
Berkeley College	Tania Mottos
Drew University	Kayla Anthony
Middlesex College	Glendy López
Montclair State	University Michael Cerbo
Princeton University	Ella Gantman
Ramapo College of New Jersey	Nora Sofia Rachouh
Raritan Valley Community College	Steven Reffler
Rutgers University - Camden	Justine Faye N. Quitola
Rutgers University - New Brunswick	Sandhya Rajagopalan
The College of New Jersey	Jared Williams

2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting

Berkeley College
Kean University
Middlesex College
New Jersey City University
Princeton University
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Raritan Valley Community College
Rider University
Rutgers University - New Brunswick
The College of New Jersey

2020 ALL IN New Jersey Campus Voting Challenge Winners

2020 New Jersey Campus Voting Challenge Seal Awards

New Jersey Ballot Bowl ALL IN NJ Campus Voting Challenge

Pledge to Vote

Voter registration is an initial step in the voting process, but not the only step. In this year’s Ballot Bowl competition we are rewarding teams that get the most commitments to vote. This isn’t about a specific candidate, but about the value of participating in our democracy and committing to showing up for your community.

Pledge to vote in this year’s General Election by going to this link provided by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge and score some points for your school’s Ballot Bowl team: allintovote.org/take-the-pledge/

The NJ Ballot Bowl is a joint project of the NJ Department of State & the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge

Official Site of The State of New Jersey

Department of State, Jersey Civic Engage