What is a Mock Election?
Illinois Student
Vote, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Illinois Education Fund
and working in cooperation with the National Student/Parent Mock Election,
offers teachers and students the opportunity to participate fully in
the electoral process.
Participating schools and classes will undertake activities to study the
candidates and issues of the 2008 election.
They will
then be able to make informed decisions as they vote for candidates in a
simulated election. Individual class and
school vote totals will be reported to the Illinois Student Vote headquarters
where they will be tallied with returns from across the state and reported to
the National Student/Parent Mock Election headquarters.
A Valuable Teaching Tool
Illinois Student Vote is a valuable teaching tool which has been designed to
increase awareness and understanding of the election process, to encourage
students and their parents to get involved in the process, and ultimately, to
create a generation of voting adults.
Who Can Participate?
Students in kindergarten through 12th grade are eligible
to participate and vote in the Mock Election.
Curriculum outlines and activities will be available after registration at no
cost from this website. Those requiring hard-copy materials will pay
$12.00 to cover printing and mailing.
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