CUMBERLAND, Md. (Jan. 29, 2024) – Allegany College of Maryland was named a 2023-24 Voter Friendly Campus by the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The initiative recognizes ACM’s ongoing commitment through planning and implementation to help students overcome barriers to taking part in the political process.
The mission of the designation is to bolster colleges and universities’ efforts to help students overcome barriers to participating in the political process every year, not just during years featuring federal elections.
During the 2022 general election, ACM’s voter registration planning and voter engagement activities were overseen by the college’s Civic and Community Engagement Committee members, the College to Community Partnership Center staff, the Student Government Association, the Ask Every Student Leadership Team, and three student voter registration ambassadors. A creative twist on voter registration events, the group hosted a successful “Don’t Boo the Vote” Halloween voter registration event. A polling place was established at ACM in April of 2022.
Allegany College of Maryland’s civic and community engagement efforts have received multiple recognitions.
The institutions named Voter Friendly Campuses are a wide range of two-year, four-year, public, private, rural, and urban campuses, collectively serving over 3.5 million students. Notably, the list of designated institutions includes 49 Minority Serving Institutions, 13 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and 41 community colleges.
For more information about Allegany College of Maryland's civic and community engagement activities, visit www.allegany.edu/college-to-community-partnership-center.
NASPA is the leading association for the advancement, health, and sustainability of the student affairs profession. It is a member-centered association supporting a diverse and passionate network of 15,000 professionals and 1,200 institutions across the globe.
Fair Elections Center is a national, nonpartisan voting rights and legal support organization that works to end barriers to voting and improve election administration across the United States. Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project works with universities, community colleges, faculty, students and election officials to reduce barriers to student voting and helps campuses institutionalize reforms that empower students with the information they need to register and vote.
