2025 - Honorable Mention for Distinguished Voter Education and Communications Initiatives

The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission created Captain Activate! and the Future Voters, an original comic series designed to make civic education more engaging for Arizona youth. The story follows Captain Activate! and a team of Future Voters as they face real-world scenarios, including a Misinformation Maze, while learning core skills like media literacy, safe information sharing, and how voting works. By turning complex topics into age-appropriate, relatable stories, the series builds understanding and connection to the democratic process. The program also includes a mascot, a state-aligned digital curriculum, and partnerships with schools, libraries, and election officials, reaching thousands of students statewide.