Who We Are
TX Votes is a student organization, sponsored by the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic life, that invites students campus wide to increase electoral participation and create more voters and better citizens. Each election cycle, we organize and coordinate Get Out the Vote activities including registration booths, deputization sessions, and campus competitions. TX Votes also convenes the Civic Engagement Alliance, which is a non-partisan coalition of over 50 student organizations. CEA members bring back what they learn from the CEA to their own organizations to talk about what civic engagement looks like for their own communities. The CEA also coordinates large campus events that promote voter engagement, like annual Last Night to Register to Vote celebrations.
What We’re Fundraising For
The money we raise allows us to keep up the amazing work we achieved in 2020 and 2021. We presented in 130+ classrooms, giving them nonpartisan information about voting and voter registration. We also registered nearly 1200+ Longhorns to vote. In 2020, UT's registration rate was 90% and turnout 75%, an increase of 17%! In order to keep doing our work on a wide scale, we rely on gifts from supporters like you.
Your Impact
This year, our fundraising goal is $5,000.
Retaining members is always a challenge for student organizations. During typical semesters, TX Votes provides pizza for members at its meetings, which costs $150 per meeting. For our fall and spring virtual semesters, we mailed items to students for participating in online challenges related to getting out the vote, provided pizza to students remotely for textbanking fellow UT students to vote, and incentivized participation in other events.
In the fall of 2021, we had a successful Tacos and Tie Dye event with 100+ attendees, gave out 100 roses on Election Day, and registered over 300+ Longhorns while celebrating Last Day to Register to Vote.
This year, we are looking forward to hosting more events, getting students out to vote for the 2022 primaries, and making sure everyone stays civically engaged!
Thank you to everyone for another amazing campaign! Below are the challenge winners for the final hours of the campaign!
Time for Another Surprise Challenge
1st Place: WINNER UT Men's Ultimate Club
2nd Place: WINNER The University of Texas Weightlifting Team
3rd place: WINNER Texas Trap and Skeet
Hungry, Hungry Bevo Challenge
1st Place: WINNER UT Men's Ultimate Club
2nd Place: WINNER Texas Trap and Skeet
3rd place: WINNER The University of Texas Weightlifting Team
40 to the 40 Surprise Challenge
1st Place: WINNER Longhorn Racing
2nd Place: WINNER UT Men's Ultimate Club
Final Countdown Challenge
1st Place: WINNER Texas Trap and Skeet
2nd Place: WINNER The University of Texas Weightlifting Team
3rd place: WINNER Texas Women's Rugby
Longhorn Pride Social Media Challenge
1st Place: Longhorn Band Student Association $1,000 Prize
Runner-up: Women's Club Lacrosse $250 Prize
Procrastinator Gift WINNER Longhorn Racing $500 Award
6,000 Milestone WINNER UT Men's Ultimate Club
7,000 Milestone WINNER Longhorn Racing
8,000 Milestone WINNER Black Student Alliance
State & International Challenge Winners - Check your donor wall these have been awarded!
Leaderboard Challenge Winners - Check the challenges page wall for the final leaderboards. Prizes will be awarded soon!
Rank | Prize | Happy Horns Happy Hour Challenge | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 224 |
2 | $750 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 138 |
3 | $250 | McCombs School of Business | 20 |
4 | The School of Architecture | 9 | |
5 | University of Texas Libraries | 8 | |
6 | Forty Acres Scholars Program | 7 | |
7 | Moody College of Communication | 7 | |
8 | College of Liberal Arts | 7 | |
9 | School of Law | 7 | |
10 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 6 | |
11 | College of Natural Sciences | 6 | |
12 | Texas Exes | 6 | |
13 | UT Women's Club Soccer | 4 | |
14 | Dell Medical School | 4 | |
15 | Texas Athletics | 4 |
Rank | Prize | Early Bird Challenge | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 64 |
2 | $750 | UT Archery Club | 51 |
3 | $250 | The University of Texas Weightlifting Team | 23 |
4 | First-Gen Equity | 12 | |
5 | Texas Women's Rugby | 6 | |
6 | College of Liberal Arts | 5 | |
7 | McCombs School of Business | 5 | |
8 | College of Education | 3 | |
9 | Men's Lacrosse Club | 2 | |
10 | UT iGEM Team | 2 | |
11 | Steve Hicks School of Social Work | 2 | |
12 | UT Outpost | 2 | |
13 | UT Dance Team | 2 | |
14 | Longhorn Wrestling | 2 | |
15 | Moody College of Communication | 2 |
Rank | Prize | Final Countdown Challenge | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $4,500 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 415 |
2 | $2,000 | The University of Texas Weightlifting Team | 216 |
3 | $1,000 | Texas Women's Rugby | 60 |
4 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 53 | |
5 | Longhorn Racing | 45 | |
6 | UT Archery Club | 22 | |
7 | Pre-Health & Diversity Scholars | 15 | |
8 | McCombs School of Business | 13 | |
9 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 12 | |
10 | College of Natural Sciences | 10 | |
11 | Texas Exes | 9 | |
12 | IEEE Robotics and Automation Society | 9 | |
13 | School of Human Ecology | 8 | |
14 | Chapters & Networks | 7 | |
15 | Men's Lacrosse Club | 6 |
Rank | Department | Raised |
---|---|---|
1 | Canfield Business Honors Program | $5,003,275.00 |
2 | Center for Global Business | $2,500,000.00 |
3 | Dell Medical School | $2,486,929.69 |
4 | McCombs School of Business | $244,538.02 |
5 | Global Leadership & Social Impact | $163,660.00 |
6 | First-Gen Equity | $157,306.00 |
7 | LBJ School of Public Affairs | $80,610.44 |
8 | Jackson School of Geosciences | $77,801.00 |
9 | Forty Acres Scholars Program | $44,570.40 |
10 | The School of Architecture | $29,450.00 |
11 | Cockrell School of Engineering | $28,448.50 |
12 | Moody College of Communication | $22,641.00 |
13 | School of Law | $21,500.00 |
14 | The LaunchPad | $20,100.00 |
15 | Longhorn Racing | $19,743.69 |
Rank | Prize | Student Org Leaderboard (Day 2): Gifts | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,000 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 874 |
2 | $750 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 669 |
3 | $500 | Longhorn Racing | 647 |
4 | $250 | The University of Texas Weightlifting Team | 491 |
5 | $100 | UT Archery Club | 211 |
6 | Texas Women's Rugby | 185 | |
7 | UT Dance Team | 28 | |
8 | Texas Orange Jackets | 28 | |
9 | UT Sailing Team | 23 | |
10 | Men's Lacrosse Club | 22 | |
11 | Women's Club Lacrosse | 21 | |
12 | Longhorn Athletic Training Student Association | 20 | |
13 | Student Engineering Council | 20 | |
14 | Pre-Health & Diversity Scholars | 19 | |
15 | Longhorn Band Student Association | 17 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 161 |
2 | $750 | UT Archery Club | 126 |
3 | $250 | UT Dance Team | 61 |
4 | The University of Texas Weightlifting Team | 42 | |
5 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 28 | |
6 | Texas Women's Rugby | 20 | |
7 | Omega Chi Epsilon | 14 | |
8 | Longhorn Racing | 12 | |
9 | McCombs School of Business | 11 | |
10 | Chapters & Networks | 6 | |
11 | Moody College of Communication | 6 | |
12 | Women in Informatics | 6 | |
13 | Dell Medical School | 5 | |
14 | Women's Club Lacrosse | 5 | |
15 | School of Law | 4 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $2,000 | Longhorn Racing | 576 |
2 | $500 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 240 |
3 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 4 | |
4 | School of Human Ecology | 4 | |
5 | Center for Women in Law | 3 | |
6 | School of Law | 3 | |
7 | Women's Club Lacrosse | 3 | |
8 | LBJ School of Public Affairs | 3 | |
9 | Global Leadership & Social Impact | 3 | |
10 | Texas Ice Hockey | 2 | |
11 | Center for Students in Recovery | 2 | |
12 | Chapters & Networks | 2 | |
13 | Dell Medical School | 2 | |
14 | Longhorn Band | 2 | |
15 | Texas Exes | 2 |
Rank | Prize | Longhorn Lunch Special Challenge | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 123 |
2 | $750 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 122 |
3 | $250 | Texas Women's Rugby | 99 |
4 | Longhorn Racing | 65 | |
5 | Texas Orange Jackets | 25 | |
6 | McCombs School of Business | 12 | |
7 | Texas Exes | 12 | |
8 | VAV - Survivor's Emergency Fund | 11 | |
9 | Texas Blazers | 8 | |
10 | LGBTQ Studies | 7 | |
11 | Longhorn Powerlifting | 7 | |
12 | Multicultural Engagement Center | 7 | |
13 | The School of Architecture | 6 | |
14 | Texas Performing Arts | 5 | |
15 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 5 |
Rank | Prize | Midnight Madness Challenge | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $2,500 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 166 |
2 | $1,500 | UT Archery Club | 92 |
3 | $1,000 | The University of Texas Weightlifting Team | 81 |
4 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 51 | |
5 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 4 | |
6 | Longhorn Racing | 4 | |
7 | College of Liberal Arts | 3 | |
8 | College of Fine Arts | 3 | |
9 | Longhorn Band Student Association | 2 | |
10 | Texas Exes | 2 | |
11 | First-Gen Equity | 2 | |
12 | Moody College of Communication | 2 | |
13 | McCombs School of Business | 2 | |
14 | School of Law | 2 | |
15 | Blanton Museum of Art | 1 |
Rank | Prize | Hungry, Hungry Bevo Challenge | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 179 |
2 | $750 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 128 |
3 | $250 | The University of Texas Weightlifting Team | 75 |
4 | Texas Orange Jackets | 22 | |
5 | School of Law | 9 | |
6 | McCombs School of Business | 9 | |
7 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 8 | |
8 | College of Natural Sciences | 8 | |
9 | Jackson School of Geosciences | 7 | |
10 | College of Liberal Arts | 7 | |
11 | UT Dance Team | 7 | |
12 | UT Archery Club | 6 | |
13 | Moody College of Communication | 6 | |
14 | Women's Club Lacrosse | 5 | |
15 | Kendra Scott WEL Institute | 5 |
Rank | Department | Gifts |
---|---|---|
1 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 1,420 |
2 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 1,186 |
3 | Longhorn Racing | 830 |
4 | The University of Texas Weightlifting Team | 546 |
5 | UT Archery Club | 437 |
6 | Texas Women's Rugby | 358 |
7 | McCombs School of Business | 317 |
8 | Chapters & Networks | 176 |
9 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 135 |
10 | Texas Exes | 128 |
11 | UT Dance Team | 109 |
12 | College of Liberal Arts | 87 |
13 | Moody College of Communication | 84 |
14 | College of Natural Sciences | 83 |
15 | Texas Orange Jackets | 75 |
Rank | Prize | Day 1 Leaderboard: Gifts | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,000 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 541 |
2 | $750 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 514 |
3 | $500 | UT Archery Club | 217 |
4 | $250 | Texas Women's Rugby | 172 |
5 | $100 | Chapters & Networks | 146 |
6 | McCombs School of Business | 114 | |
7 | Longhorn Racing | 108 | |
8 | Texas Exes | 78 | |
9 | UT Dance Team | 76 | |
10 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 55 | |
11 | The University of Texas Weightlifting Team | 53 | |
12 | Texas Blazers | 49 | |
13 | Moody College of Communication | 47 | |
14 | College of Liberal Arts | 47 | |
15 | University of Texas Libraries | 40 |
Rank | Prize | It's a surprise! | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 97 |
2 | $750 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 77 |
3 | $250 | Texas Women's Rugby | 50 |
4 | Texas Blazers | 36 | |
5 | Longhorn Racing | 15 | |
6 | UT Archery Club | 11 | |
7 | College of Liberal Arts | 6 | |
8 | McCombs School of Business | 6 | |
9 | Texas Exes | 6 | |
10 | Moody College of Communication | 5 | |
11 | School of Nursing | 4 | |
12 | University of Texas Libraries | 3 | |
13 | College of Natural Sciences | 3 | |
14 | Department of Physics | 3 | |
15 | School of Law | 3 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | UT Men's Ultimate Club | 124 |
2 | $750 | The University of Texas Weightlifting Team | 90 |
3 | $250 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 81 |
4 | UT Archery Club | 30 | |
5 | Texas Women's Rugby | 30 | |
6 | McCombs School of Business | 12 | |
7 | Plan II Honors Program | 9 | |
8 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 8 | |
9 | Kendra Scott WEL Institute | 7 | |
10 | Texas Athletics | 6 | |
11 | Student Engineering Council | 6 | |
12 | Texas Exes | 5 | |
13 | Chapters & Networks | 5 | |
14 | Jackson School of Geosciences | 4 | |
15 | Men's Lacrosse Club | 4 |
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