Secretary of State Tre Hargett announces 2026 Anne Dallas Dudley Voter Registration Award winners
PRESS RELEASE FROM TRE HARGETT'S PRESS OFFICE:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett today announced 56 Tennessee high schools that are this year’s recipients of the Anne Dallas Dudley Award for meeting student voter registration thresholds. Initiated in 2021, the Anne Dallas Dudley Awards focus on increasing voter registration in Tennessee among students who will be 18 or older on or before the next election, per state law, preparing them to become actively engaged citizens. Schools registering 100 percent of eligible students earn the Anne Dallas Dudley Gold Level Award. Those registering 85 percent earn silver-level status.
This year’s winners are:
2025 Anne Dallas Dudley Gold Level Winners:
- Bledsoe County High School (Bledsoe County)
- Chester County High School (Chester County)
- Nashville Christian School (Davidson County)
- Peabody High School (Gibson County)
- Grainger High School (Grainger County)
- Grundy County High School (Grundy County)
- Lookout Valley Middle High School (Hamilton County)
- Hardin County High School (Hardin County)
- Jackson County High School (Jackson County)
- Knoxville Montessori School (Knox County)
- Lake County High School (Lake County)
- Halls High School (Lauderdale County)
- High School (Lauderdale County)
- Greenback School (Loudon County)
- Loudon High School (Loudon County)
- Red Boiling Springs High School (Macon County)
- Forrest School (Marshall County)
- Mt. Pleasant High School (Maury County)
- Santa Fe Unit School (Maury County)
- Monroe County Virtual School (Monroe County)
- Sweetwater High School (Monroe County)
- Sequoyah High School (Monroe County)
- Monterey High School (Putnam County)
- Highland Rim Academy (Putnam County)
- Harriman High School (Roane County)
- Holloway High School (Rutherford County)
- Sevier County High School (Sevier County)
- Compass Midtown High School (Shelby County)
- Pleasant View School (Shelby County)
- Raleigh-Egypt High School (Shelby County)
- Tipton Rosemark Academy (Shelby County)
- Sullivan East High School (Sullivan County)
- Tennessee High School (Sullivan County)
- Van Buren County High School (Van Buren County)
- FC Boyd Christian School (Warren County)
- Dresden High School (Weakley County)
- Gleason School (Weakley County)
- Greenfield School (Weakley County)
- Friendship Christian School (Wilson County)
- Mt. Juliet Christian Academy (Wilson County)
2025 Anne Dallas Dudley Silver Level Winners:
- West Carroll Junior/Senior High School (Carroll County)
- Crockett County High School (Crockett County)
- Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet School (Davidson County)
- DeKalb County High School (DeKalb County)
- Washburn High School (Grainger County)
- Sale Creek Middle High School (Hamilton County)
- Bolivar Central High School (Hardeman County)
- Scotts Hill High School (Henderson County)
- Henry County High School (Henry County)
- Macon County High School (Macon County)
- Richard Hardy Memorial School (Marion County)
- Whitwell High School (Marion County)
- Tellico Plains High School (Monroe County)
- Central High School (Shelby County)
- Power Center Academy (Shelby County)
- Dobyns-Bennett High School (Sullivan County)
- White House High School (Sumner County)
“Congratulations to the students, faculty, and staff at these schools, as well as members of our local county election commissions for their strong commitment and effective partnership in increasing voter registration in their communities,” said Secretary Hargett. “We created this program to encourage eligible Tennessee high school students to register and engage in the electoral process. My hope is that every newly registered student becomes a lifelong voter.”
All public, charter, private, and home school associations were eligible to participate in the fifth annual Anne Dallas Dudley Award program. These awards are named in honor of Anne Dallas Dudley, a suffragist who helped lead the successful effort to get the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ratified nationwide and in her home state. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to pass the amendment giving women the right to vote.
For more information about the Anne Dallas Dudley Awards and other civic engagement efforts through the Tennessee Secretary of State’s office, please visit: sos.tn.gov/civics
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