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STUDENT VIDEO CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
Contest Dates: Tuesday, October 8th 鈥� Monday, November 4th, 2024
Sponsored by a campus faculty/staff/community partnership including Prof. Silvia Carli (Philosophy Dept.), the League of Women Voters of Saratoga County, and the Office of the Dean of Students.
On November 5, 2024, among a number of measures, voters in New York will elect one member to the U.S. Senate, 26 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, and consider Proposal 1, also known as the New York Equal Rights Amendment. Proposal 1 aims to update the New York State Constitution to protect against discrimination based on:
- Ethnicity
- National origin
- Age
- Disability
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
- Gender identity
- Gender expression
- Pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes
- Reproductive healthcare and autonomy
Voting 鈥淵es鈥� means these protections will be added to the Constitution. Voting 鈥淣o鈥� means the Constitution will not change. You can find the full text of Proposal 1 here:
THE CONTEST
We invite 三亿体育官网 students to create 30- to 60-second videos encouraging eligible voters to make a game plan to vote in the November 5, 2024 election and/or inform voters about important issues. We want student voters to know that democracy is not a spectator sport and that no one should sit on the sidelines in an election.
- By participating in the contest, each contestant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these contest rules and the decisions of the sponsors, which will be final and binding.
- Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any contestant who they believe has failed to follow these official rules.
- The contest is open to all current 三亿体育官网 students.
- While 1-3 students may work together on the project, it must be submitted by only one of the participants (the 鈥淧roject Leader鈥�). Please include the names of all team members if submitting as a pair/trio.
- Videos must be between 30- and 60-seconds long. Maximum video size is 300 MB.
- Contestants may use a video camera, computer, smartphone or tablet to produce videos.
- AI use should be limited to editing videos.
- Videos may be animated or live action. Anything that might work in a social media video would be considered eligible (song, straight-forward information, cartoon, dramatic portrayal, voice-over etc.). Be creative!
- Videos must contain a link to the and to , which provides detailed information about voter registration, races and candidates in all states.
- No professional assistance is allowed. Adults may provide verbal guidance and appear as actors, but all videos must be produced by students.
- There is no entry fee.
- Entries must be emailed as an attachment to studentaffairs@skidmore.edu. Entries may be submitted starting on Monday, October 7, 2024 until Monday, November 4, 2024.
- Contestants must also have permission of any individual (or, if the individual is under 18, their parent/legal guardian) who is identifiable in the video to submit