Paso Robles Daily News reported that sLO County high schools launch five-week voter registration competition. Clerk reported that our ambassadors are spearheading participation in the competition, but any high school student or staff member can jump in on this,.

Clerk reported that all they need to do is help their students to get pre-registered or registered during the five-week window, and they can do that with paper registration cards or by showing students how easy it is to use the Secretary of State’s online…. Local high schools have between now and October 19 to pre-register and register eligible students., San Luis Obispo County high schools have until Oct. 19 to participate in the 2026 SLO County High School Voter Registration Competition, which began this week.

The San Luis Obispo County Elections Office and its Student Elections Ambassadors launched the competition as part of a statewide outreach effort focused on high school students coordinated by the California Secretary of State. California’s High School Voter Education Weeks run through….

This is the second time SLO County has held the registration competition. Schools have five weeks to conduct voter pre-registration and registration activities. The competition ends Oct. 19, which is also the last day to register for the upcoming general election. California students who are 16 or 17 years old can pre-register to vote. Their registration automatically becomes active when they turn 18.

The Elections Office will determine the winning school by confirming registrations collected during the competition period and comparing them with each school’s number of enrolled students ages 16 and older. The office will determine the winner based on the percentage of eligible…. Morro Bay High School won the competition in 2024. The trophy has remained at the school since then and will be engraved with the 2026 winner before being presented to that school at the end of October.

At Central Coast New Tech High School on Monday, student ambassador Daniel Rogness staffed a table to register students and share information he learned through his participation in the SLO County Student Elections Ambassador Program. Reports differed on the location. Reports differed on some details.

Clerk said, “Our ambassadors are spearheading participation in the competition, but any high school student or staff member can jump in on this,”.

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