1. Ready to Register?
Each state has its own deadlines for registration, some having already passed for the upcoming election. However, you may still be eligible to register for future elections. Learn more about different states’ requirements.
2. What’s Your Voting Plan?
The voting process can be daunting, especially for first-time voters. Making a plan to vote can reduce anxiety and increase the likelihood of you casting a ballot.
3. Getting to your polling site
As part of our Hopkins Votes commitment to supporting access to the democratic process, Johns Hopkins is making additional transportation resources available to the Baltimore community.
Student Engagement Activities
All-In Campus Democracy Challenge
Johns Hopkins has joined more than 1,400 college campuses across the country in the All-In Campus Democracy Challenge, a national, nonpartisan initiative that inspires, supports, and celebrates colleges and universities working to improve civic learning, political engagement, and voter participation. JHU President Ronald J. Daniels serves on the All-In Challenge’s President’s Council and solicits engagement from fellow Centennial College presidents.
In 2019, Johns Hopkins received two All-In Campus Democracy Challenge awards after an increase in student participation during the midterm election cycle from 14.4% in 2014 to 44.8% in 2018. The university earned Gold Certification—reserved for schools with a student voting participation rate between 40% and 49%—as well as a Best in Class award for the most-improved voting rate at a large, private institution.
In 2020, JHU worked to:
- Increase the undergraduate student voting rate from 42.1% in the 2016 general election to at least 62.1% in the 2020 general election
- Increase the overall voting rate among all eligible students (undergraduate and graduate) from 55.8% in 2016 to at least 75% in 2020
- Continue to increase student voter registration rates annually by ensuring voter registration opportunities are available every semester, with increased attention to local elections
Ask Every Student
Johns Hopkins is an active participant in Ask Every Student, a national program that augments the university’s voter engagement activities.
Commencement 2021
Published
May 14, 2021
In an extraordinary year defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, JHU invites global champion of public health, visionary philanthropist, and alumnus to address graduates
Image caption: The 11 incoming SNF Agora Institute Visiting Fellows are (top row, from left) Pablo Wolfe, Beatriz Rey, Shayna Strom, Sam Novey, Farida Nabourema, (bottom row, from left) Alexander Heffner, Reverend Kobi Little, Yordanos Eyoel, Xavier Briggs, Musa al-Gharbi, and Rachel Donadio
Published
May 11, 2021
The new cohort will collaborate with members of the Johns Hopkins community on projects that further the institute’s mission to foster global democracy
Health policy
Published
March 23, 2021
Large differences were seen by age, beliefs, and political affiliation and among those who trust science and those who do not
History
Published
March 17, 2021
Series examines the role that slavery, racism, and discrimination have played at Johns Hopkins and in Baltimore and Maryland
Hopkins Votes
Published
March 15, 2021
Hopkins is among 231 universities to receive the designation from a national coalition that measures voting accessibility at schools and universities across the nation
