The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute is honoring the 53rd anniversary of the signing of the National Voting Rights Act with a two-month contest.

Officials at the Voting Rights Museum started a statewide voter registration drive and contest, which started Monday.

The contest is to see which organization, group or person can register the most number of newly registered voters for three different periods: 15-days, 30-days and 45-days. The contest officially ends on Oct. 8.

Prizes will be awarded to the winners by the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute. National Voting Rights Museum historian and tour guide Sam Walker said those prizes haven’t been determined by the Voting Rights Museum Board of Directors.

“It’s important to commemorate each anniversary and do something concrete,” Walker said. “One thing we can do is have a statewide voter registration.”

The National Voting Rights Act of 1965 was officially signed on Aug. 6, 1965 by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson to give equal voting rights to African-Americans.  The historic Selma to Montgomery march during March of 1965 eventually led to the Voting Rights Act. It’s regarded as a key piece to the Civil Rights movement.

“Today’s anniversary is a reminder that foot soldiers in Alabama and across the country fought, bled, and died for our right to vote,” Alabama Rep. (D-AL) Terri Sewell said in a release.