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Student Mock Election results mirror statewide outcome

Student Mock Election results mirror statewide outcome

Each year, students across Washington get to participate in a mock election to show how they would vote on candidates and measures if given the chance in real life. The Mock Election is a non-partisan, educational event that teaches kids to be informed voters. Nearly 180,000 students have voted in Washington’s annual Mock Election since 2004. Students vote on the same measures and candidates adults will decide. Not surprisingly, the student results were very similar to those of Washington’s registered voters who…

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2016 Mock Election nearly breaks turnout record

2016 Mock Election nearly breaks turnout record

6th graders at Frontier Middle School in Pierce County who voted in Mock Election. (Photo courtesy Bethel School District) Washington’s adult voters apparently aren’t the only ones energized by the white-hot General Election. Judging by last week’s Mock Election, K-12 students are just as engaged. A near-record 38,528 students voted in the 2016 Mock Election, just 320 off the all-time record set in 2012. “We are very pleased that so many students took part in the Mock Election last week,”…

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Don’t mock this

Don’t mock this

We just got some exciting news from the other Washington (D.C.): We are one of 14 organizations to receive grants from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to support mock elections and educate students about voting.  The EAC announced this week that it has awarded $40,000 to the Office of Secretary of State to provide schools with opportunities to participate in “online voting,” election-related educational activities, and two televised segments co-sponsored by TVW, Washington’s public affairs broadcast network. The segments will…

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Voter turnout is tops at First Creek Middle School

Voter turnout is tops at First Creek Middle School

Way to go First Creek Middle School in Tacoma! Students at this school will be recognized by Secretary Reed at their Veterans’ Day assembly on Nov. 10 for the most student ballots cast of any school participating in our Mock Election.  In all, the First Creek students cast 544 ballots. Nice! More than 5,300 students grades K-12 participated in the Mock Election, a non-partisan educational exercise that promotes civic awareness in classrooms. Students from schools throughout the state voted online…

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