National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day, observed on a Tuesday in September, is a nonpartisan civic holiday in the U.S. creating broad awareness of voter registration opportunities and celebrating democracy.
Background
About 2000 civic organizations around the country, including League of Women Voters, Voto Latino, HeadCount, The Bus Federation, Rock the Vote and Nonprofit VOTE helped launch the first National Voter Registration Day on September 25, 2012. Many celebrity actors and musicians added their voices to the thousands of volunteers to encourage voter registration.By 2022, the National Association of Secretaries of State, the National Association of State Election Directors, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and the National Association of Election Officials had endorsed National Voter Registration Day.
National Voter Registration Day is also a program of Nonprofit VOTE. The program provides national communications support, sample graphics for social media posts, field organizing resources, logo merchandise, and a centralized organization to coordinate fundraising and volunteer efforts.
National Voter Registration Day has received several U.S. presidential proclamations and agreed by unanimous consent in the U.S. Senate.
Ongoing Activities
Besides White House declarations, National Voter Registration Day received annual recognitions.2025
In 2025, National Voter Registration Day is recognized for the 16th of September2024
In 2024, National Voter Registration Day was proclaimed by Presidential Proclaimation to be recognized on the 17th of September |https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/19/2024-21566/national-voter-registration-day-2024].2023
In 2023, National Voter Registration Day was celebrated on the 19th of September.Governor Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday that Pennsylvania has become the latest state to implement automatic voter registration. When a qualified citizen acquires a new or renewed drivers license or state ID, they will also be registered to vote.
On National Voter Registration Day 2023, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the office of the Michigan Secretary of State announced an agreement to designate three VA facilities as voter registration sites. This agreement will enable VA to provide voter registration information and assistance to Veterans and their families.
World renown singer Taylor Swift leveraged her celebrity status to promote voter registration. It was estimated that she influenced 35,000 people to register to vote.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections utilized National Voter Registration Day as an occasion to communicate methods for voting registration within North Carolina through a press release. Other government organizations promote the day to inform citizens of recent changes to voting registration laws including Minneapolis, Croton-on-Hudson, Oregon, and Citizens Clean Elections Commission. California television station KSBW shared information on how qualifying citizens could register to vote. Stations Fox News, KTTC, WNDU, WEVV, WIBW, WEAU, CBS, KXAN, Fox 5 Atlanta, ABC27, KXLY, 13NEWSNOW, WIFR, WVNS, KDRV, NBC Right Now, KBMT, WFAA, KKTV, WJHG, KQTV, KVLY, WBRC FOX6, WTMJ, KENS5, NEWSCHANNEL6, WGRZ, WWSB, FOX2Now, 2news, PHL17, WXII, WNEM, ABC57, FOX19, WKYT, Eagle Country 99.3, WIProud, Local3News, KAAL, KSTP, WUSF, CBS19, NBC29, Click2Houston, PBS and news publishers Wisconsin Examiner, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Idaho Capital Sun, NewsPressNow, Kentucky Today reported on National Voter Registration Day. Universities, associations, libraries, civic groups, businesses, churches, and other organizations including Johns Hopkins University, National Association of Secretaries of State, United Church of Christ, League of Women Voters, Boston Public Library, LinkedIn, Civic Nebraska, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, Texas College, NAACP, and Alachua County Library District supported the civic holiday.