Teaching them young

by: Jason Springer

Sat Oct 11, 2008 at 04:48:47 PM EDT

NJ students are getting ready to participate in the Student/Parent mock election:

Participants will have the opportunity to cast their votes for the presidential race, along with the U.S. Senate and House contests in New Jersey. Students will vote for congressional candidates in the district according to their school's location.

Here's more about the National Student/Parent Mock Election. Depending on the school, students will either use paper ballots or vote online and they will also get to give their opinion on the economy, our energy policy, healthcare costs/policies and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan:

The New Jersey Press Foundation, which is coordinating the event in the Garden State, says more than 725 schools around New Jersey have enrolled an estimated 333,000 students. Voting will be conducted between Oct. 20 and Oct. 30, and the students can choose to vote in all or some of the categories.

Here's more about why they are running the program

Mock election officials say the event is "an excellent way to encourage young people to become interested in voting" and help them become more involved in state and national issues and candidates. It also provides parents and children with the opportunity to discuss their beliefs and concerns about matters that affect them.

I think this is a great way to get students engaged and paying attention to what is going on around them. Speaking of voting, if you or someone you know are eligible to vote and haven't registered yet, this is your last weekend. The deadline to register to vote is this Tuesday, October 14. Click here to get a registration form for you, your friends or your family.

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Teaching them young | 2 comments

Do they use (0.00 / 0)

unverifiable Diebold machines? Just wondering...

by: Thurman Hart @ Sat Oct 11, 2008 at 21:47:58 PM UTC

wish they would talk about lowering the voting age (0.00 / 0)

In order to give young people the chance to have a say in electing the people who could send them to war at some point in the future, the voting age should be reduced to 15 or the minimum age to be able to serve in the military should be increased to 21.

by: Bertin Lefkovic @ Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 05:51:25 AM UTC