Registration APIs

Carnegie Mellon University modernized voter registration drives on campus, becoming the first educational institution in the country to adopt a voter registration application programming interface.

APIs are all around us — from using PayPal to travel websites like Kayak — they help to enable secure and seamless communication and data sharing between various systems. With such varied use, two states have taken the initiative to integrate APIs into their state voter registration systems.

As students make their way back to college campuses this Fall, access to the ballot box might be at the front of their minds. This report contains a list of barriers that many students face, as well as policy solutions that states and colleges can implement to ensure that all eligible student voters can cast a ballot come Election Day.