May 9, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett has presented Chester County High School with the prestigious Anne Dallas Dudley Gold Award for registering 100 percent of the school’s eligible students to vote.
“Achieving 100 percent voter registration clearly shows Chester County High School’s commitment to being committed citizens,” said Secretary Hargett. “We appreciate these students, the faculty, and staff at these schools, and the Chester County Election Commission for their continued partnership in increasing voter registration within their communities.”
Forty-one Tennessee schools earned the Anne Dallas Dudley Gold Award, registering 100 percent of eligible students. Eighteen schools earned the Anne Dallas Dudley Silver Award, registering at least 85 percent.
“Congratulations to the seniors at Chester County High School,” said Chester County Administrator of Elections Kathy Vest. “By participating in the Anne Dallas Dudley Award program, these students have embraced their roles as the future leaders of our community and of Tennessee.”
Chester County High School earned the Anne Dallas Dudley Award in 2023, and the school has also been recognized as an Anne Dallas Dudley Silver Award winner in 2021 and 2022.
The Anne Dallas Dudley Awards are open to all Tennessee public, charter/private school, and home school associations. This award is named in honor of renowned Tennessee suffragist Anne Dallas Dudley, who helped lead the successful effort to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to give women the right to vote.
For more information about the Anne Dallas Dudley Awards and other civic engagement efforts offered through the Secretary of State’s office, please visit sos.tn.gov/civics.
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