BREAKING NEWS!
Enter our extended Supreme Court Challenge!
There are FOUR NEW $1,000 prizes for best videos on the Supreme Court! Scroll down on our voting page to submit your Supreme Court video…
It’s also time for you to vote for your favorite Spark The Vote videos! YOU can help choose the winners in each category.
Each video was created to inspire voting for a future that most Americans agree on:
Climate • Public Safety • Healthcare • Equality • Liberty • Honest & Fair Elections • Democracy • The Supreme Court
Thanks to the generosity of our Supreme Court award winner, Aaron Steinberg, we now have a new Supreme Court Challenge Submit your new entry at the bottom of our Voting page by October 29th 11:59pm ET.
PUT SCOTUS ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER
The next President could potentially appoint three Supreme Court justices. With current lifetime appointments, three new relatively young justices can control the Court for decades to come. With the recent shocking decisions upending decades old laws, along with the illumination of money influencing the Supreme Court - confidence in the Supreme Court has eroded. Create a video to encourage voting with the future vacancies on the Supreme Court in mind.
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BEST VOTING VIDEO
Sister Soldiers March On by Charles Thomas, Daniel Land, Alice Moore, Denise Holt, Audra Kubat
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BEST DEMOCRACY VIDEO
We Are Democracy by Brenda Wachel, Sean Rowe, Mac Fisken
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BEST LIBERTY VIDEO
Voting For Equality by Selah Johnson, Melanie Lopez, Betsy Mariano, and Suri Meza. Honorable mentions/Mentors - Jakiyah Cabell, Tracy Wares, Joanna Friedman and Amie Williams
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BEST PUBLIC SAFETY VIDEO
Generation Lockdown by Violeta Tablilla-Esquivel
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BEST SUPREME COURT VIDEO
Well Why Do You Vote? by Aaron Steinberg
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AND THE WINNERS SO FAR, INCLUDE…
Watch these and all the amazing videos on our SOCIALS page! We so appreciate everyone who participated and hope you share the love by liking, commenting and sharing as many as possible.
We’re announcing the FOUR new Supreme Court awards by Election Day (11/5)…
BEST SUPREME COURT VIDEO (so far… he’s paying it forward with FOUR more $1k awards):
“Well Why Do You Vote?” by Aaron Steinberg • Like, Comment and Share on Youtube
BEST DANCE VIDEO:
“Why Do You Vote? A Sikh Elder's Voting Reminder for the Sikh/Punjabi/Indian Community in the U.S.” by Nishkam TV - Bhumeet Singh Bhatia, Nivedita Sharma, Vansheeka Sharma, Aekem Deep Singh, Harbal Deep Singh • Like, Comment and Share on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Mastodon, Vimeo
BEST CLIMATE VIDEO:
“my experience of extreme weather | reflection on hurricane harvey 7 years later” by Nabila Wilson • Like, Comment and Share on YouTube, Instagram
BEST PUBLIC SAFETY VIDEO:
“Generation Lockdown” by Violeta Tablilla-Esquivel, Get Lit, Josh Castillos, Diane Luby Lane, Tiffany Ike, Shamikah Martinez • Like on Like, Comment and Share on Instagram
BEST HEALTHCARE VIDEO:
“Why I'm a Health Care Voter” by Laura Packard - Health Care Voter. Lovely by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ • Like, Comment and Share on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Threads
BEST EQUALITY VIDEO:
“When you have two moms...” by Laurenzo • Like, Comment and Share on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram
BEST LIBERTY VIDEO:
“Voting For Equality” by Selah Johnson, Melanie Lopez, Betsy Mariano, and Suri Meza. Honorable mentions/Mentors - Jakiyah Cabell, Tracy Wares, Joanna Friedman and Amie Williams • Like, Comment and Share on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter
BEST DEMOCRACY VIDEO: :
“We Are Democracy” by Brenda Wachel, Sean Rowe, Mac Fisken • Like, Comment and Share on YouTube, Instagram. Twitter, Facebook
BEST VOTING VIDEO:
“Sister Soldiers March On” by Charles Thomas, Daniel Land, Alice Moore, Denise Holt, Audra Kubat • Like, Comment and Share on Vimeo
BEST SONG VIDEO:
“Granny Annie's Rap: Why Do I Vote?” by Terry NIcholetti, Jan Nigro, Janice Nigro, Patrise Henkel • Like, Comment and Share on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
HONORARY MENTIONS…
CLIMATE:
“Why Do You Vote with Gigi & Aila” by Aila Yurochko and Giovanna Santo • Like, Comment and Share on Instagram
PUBLIC SAFETY:
“Easy vs Hard” by Lindsay Stidham, Mike Nelson, Scott Uhlfelder, Alyssa Heyer • Like, Comment and Share on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
“Last Words Vote” by Alan J. Chriest and Martin C. Bloom • Like, Comment and Share on YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn
HEALTHCARE :
“My Body” by Natalie Jean • Like, Comment and Share on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn
EQUALITY:
“Voting saves LGBTQ+ Lives” by Rev. Dr. Caleb J. Lines • Like, Comment and Share on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook
LIBERTY:
“Book Banning Why Do I Vote?” by Right Here in My Pocket, Duc Nguyen • Like, Comment and Share on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn
DEMOCRACY:
Honorary Mention: “Democracy” by Jose Peña, Diana Keeler, Brad Koepenick • Like, Comment and Share on YouTube
Honorary Mention: “Why Do I Vote? Gerrymandering” by Adam Saunders, Geoff George, Eve Marson, Joe Trapanese, Sofia Figueroa • Like, Comment and Share on Instagram, Facebook
VOTING:
Honorary Mention: “Make My Vote Count” by Connie Payton (author, narrator); Deanna Barrett (Director, Artist); Kevin Gullage (composer); the 431Exchange (Producer) • Like, Comment and Share on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
Honorary Mention: “Don't Tell Me Your Vote Doesn't Matter” by Mariah Smith, Sean Kafer • Like, Comment and Share on Instagram, Facebook
Honorary Mention: “4 Types of Dads: Voting” by Malcolm Powell • Like, Comment and Share on YouTube, Instagram
SONG:
Honorary Mention: “Why do I vote? Isn’t it obvious?” by Michele Barber-Perry • Like, Comment and Share on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook
Honorary Mention: “New Voters Club” by Alissa Brandon, Gracie Brakeman • Like, Comment and Share on TikTok, Instagram
HONORABLE MENTIONS FOR SERIES:
Renaldo Pearson, Nia Weeks, Talking Eyes Media, Gabriel and Sebastian Vanderstroom, Sherie Stark, Emily Levy
ADDITIONAL BEST SUPREME COURT VIDEOS: TBA by Nov 5th
EXPLORE ALL THE ENTRIES ON OUR SOCIALS PAGE
From now until election day, November 5th, LIKE, SHARE and COMMENT on all the Spark The Vote videos you see on socials. The more traction they get, the more voters we inspire! Sparking the vote together, we’ll light the internet on fire with voting for a future we all believe in!
You can still do your part for democracy by making more #SparkTheVote videos up until election day, they just won’t be eligible for our awards…
And vote for YOUR favorite #SparkChallenge videos!
ABOUT THE CHALLENGE
The Spark the Vote Social Media & Film Challenge is a non-partisan, nonprofit campaign that brings the power of social media and creative filmmaking to inspire voter turnout.
Nothing moves people more than personal stories, spoken from the heart.
Spark The Vote Challenge videos should inspire voter registration and voter turnout.
Videos MAY NOT discuss any candidates, political parties or be considered electioneering in any way.
Read the Official Rules for The Challenge
YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!
You can still participate by making videos that inspire voter turnout…
Gather friends to make a video. It’s more fun to do this collectively!
Bring some joy to your socials sharing why you vote!
Follow our Participation toolkit, FAQs and Filmmakers Guide
And Create your Why You Vote Videos to Socials
Share our voter tools to help people vote!
POSTS YOU CAN DO:
Your social media posts can be as simple as you sharing Why You Vote.
OR WRITE A SCRIPT AND GET CREATIVE!
Volunteer your storytelling talents to write, fun, creative short stories that inspire others, such as this one that Ed Begley Jr. made with his daughter Hayden for our climate.
