FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 16, 2025
Contact: press@nationalvoterregistrationday.org
Organizing for National Voter Registration Day 2025 Begins
Civic Holiday Begins Partner Recruitment Ahead of 2025’s 100,000+ Elections
Boston, MA – April 16, 2025 – On the heels of last year’s record-breaking celebration, the leadership team behind National Voter Registration Day – which will be held on September 16 this year – have announced the official start of the holiday’s organizing with their 2025 Community Partner Recruitment Drive. After their work in 2024 to help over 820,000 Americans ensure their readiness to take part in the last presidential election, the National Voter Registration Day team is shifting gears to focus on getting every eligible American registered and #VoteReady for the thousands of state and local races happening up and down the ballot in 2025.
Citing over 100,000 races at state and municipal levels across 45 states in 2025, National Voter Registration Day Campaign Director Chyann Sapp says the holiday plans to spend the year dispelling the myth of the “off-year”.
“2025 is not just an election year, it’s an elections year with a big emphasis on the ‘s’,” said Sapp. “Whether it’s Wisconsin’s recent high profile state Supreme Court race, New York City’s mayoral primaries in the summer, statewide elections in Virginia and New Jersey, or the thousands of local races across the country, 2025 will be a busy year for democracy and National Voter Registration Day. And we’ll be celebrating the only way we know how: getting the nation registered and #VoteReady.”
Wasting no time in building the nonpartisan coalition that makes the holiday possible, National Voter Registration Day 2025 has already assembled a team of 78 Premier Partners. Boasting names like iHeartMedia, Headcount, Paramount, Rock the Vote, Democracy Works, Entravision, Lyft, and National Urban League, the holiday’s Premier Partners represent a broad cross section of the best that America has to offer. While recruitment is still underway, organizers expect over 120 major national Premier Partners and nearly 4,000 Community Partners to take part in the holiday this year.
With a 13 year history of helping to get over 6 million Americans registered to vote, Sapp says the holiday’s grassroots nature is perfect for a moment when many Americans are looking for ways they can make an impact at a more localized level.
“In so many ways, 2025 gives us an opportunity to get back to the basics of democracy,” said Sapp. “While so much national media attention is focused on the day-to-day happenings in Washington, promoting voter engagement at the local level enables us to empower Americans with a sense of ownership and agency of civic life in the communities they call home.”The holiday’s organizers encourage nonprofits, colleges and universities, election offices, local businesses, and other community groups to sign up as National Voter Registration Day Community Partners and learn how they can contribute their talents to this annual celebration of democracy.
About National Voter Registration Day: The holiday is made possible by the collaborative effort of partners across a diverse array of industries and fields, including 2025 Premier Sponsors The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Google, Microsoft, and Room & Board . The collaborative holiday is managed and fiscally sponsored by Nonprofit VOTE.