MiVoice MiVote – Voting & Elections Education
Announcing the MiVoice MiVote Initiative!
The MiVoice MiVote Voting and Elections Education Initiative advances opportunities and knowledge to inform, engage, and launch all PK-12 students and their communities into a lifelong civic participation.
In cooperation and collaboration with the Michigan Secretary of State and the Michigan Department of Education, the Michigan Center for Civic Education provides professional learning on voting, elections, and the new laws requiring schools to provide PRE-REGISTRATION information and opportunities (in addition to registration information and opportunities) per PA 258.
Together, we will work with educators and community members to enhance classroom and community practices and protocols to provide nonpartisan, challenging, and meaningful opportunities to engage in voting simulations, mock elections, public literacy, and so much more.
MCCE wants to work with you and your community to bring local, relevant players into the schools and provide practice in political dialogue. Our students are ready to engage, let us help prepare our educators to ensure classrooms have the necessary protocols to ensure a diversity of perspectives are both heard and understood. Practice ways of honoring differences, establishing commonalities, and respecting diverse experiences. We will work together to name and acknowledge the opportunities and challenges in any classroom, district, and community in order to move forward to advance necessary civic education.
Want to Learn More?
MCCE is providing several professional learning opportunities and developing the MiVoice MiVote Civic Ready Toolkit. This Toolkit will provide lessons K-12 to facilitate schools having both a vertically aligned mission around civic readiness plus ways to ensure schools are meeting the PA 258 mandates in a way that honors and advances meaningful civic learning.
Opportunities include:
August 7-9, 2024 – MSU College of Law
September 17, 2024 – Marquette Courthouse
September 20, 2024 – Sault Ste. Marie
Visit MCCE at the Student Voter Summit on September 20 at Wayne State!
September 26, 2024 – Oakland Schools
October 2, 2024 – Wayne RESA
What Resources are Available Now?
MCCE continually updates its toolkit and resource binder.
Section 1 – About Michigan elections, About PA 258 (school executive summary) and required assurance, and more
Section 2 – Classroom practices, protocols, and procedures for navigating important issues
Section 3 – Relevant K-12 Michigan state social studies standards
Section 4 – Activities! From classroom to district wide ideas and suggestions plus all the materials to run your own elections
Section 5 – THE TOOLKIT! The toolkit is an online database specific to Michigan programs and resources. It is aligned by standard to provide ease and access to materials to enhance voting and election information, awareness, opportunities, and civic celebrations.
Recommended Resources for Media Literacy
Where can I find relevant information directly from the Secretary of State’s Office?
Pre-Registration Information Including
MDOS Mock / Simulated Election Resources and Information on Serving as an Election Worker
Key Election Dates from MDOS:
Is Your School a Civic Ready School?
Want to Bring this Learning to Your District and Community?
Contact MCCE!