Gleason School announced as Anne Dallas Dudley Voter Registration Award winner
The Gleason School was the only school in Weakley County that received the top honors for registered voter turnout in the county.
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett today announced the 51 high schools in 40 counties across the state that earned the Anne Dallas Dudley Award by meeting student voter registration thresholds. The Gleason School was the only school in Weakley County School System awarded with the top honor.
“Congratulations to the students, faculty, and staff at all of these fine academic institutions, as well as the hardworking members of local county election commissions for their committed work to increase voter registration in their communities,” said Secretary Hargett. “The Secretary of State’s office created the Anne Dallas Dudley Award program to encourage all eligible high school students across the state to increase both registration and participation. I hope all who are newly registered students remain lifelong voters.”
High schools across our state that register 100 percent of their eligible students earn the Anne Dallas Dudley Gold Level Award. Those who register 85 percent earn silver-level status. All public, charter, and private schools and home school associations were eligible to participate in the third annual Anne Dallas Dudley Award Program.
The Secretary of State’s Anne Dallas Dudley Award launched in 2021, and it is named after Tennessee suffragist Anne Dallas Dudley. Dudley was instrumental in the successful efforts to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution nationally and in her home state. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to pass the amendment giving all women the right to vote.
This award is part of the Secretary of State’s Civics Engagement initiative to increase voter registration in our state and prepare students to become actively engaged citizens. For more information about the Anne Dallas Dudley Award and other civic engagement efforts, visit sos.tn.gov/civics.
