Conkwright MS Y-club held a mock election. 31 students, 4 parents, and 2 teachers made this event possible and Bob Flynn and Rachel Parsons from the Winchester Sun reported on the event:
“At 10 a.m. Tuesday, Ramsey Hatchett was still trying to decide who to cast her vote for, although she was leaning toward the Republican candidates.
“That’s my patents,” Ramsey said.
As an eighth grade student at Conkwright Middle School, Ramsey is not quite old enough to cast a ballot in the Nov. 2 election, but thanks to a mini-grant from Community Education, she and more than 500 other Conkwright students were able to vote in a mock election.
In addition to voting, Ramsey was a polling worker and is secretary of the Student Y Organization, which organized the mock election.
Although Ramsey said she didn’t talk to her parents about the candidates, she has ‘seen a lot on TV.”
Students had the opportunity to vote for state representative, U.S. Senate, and U.S. Representative [sic].
Griffith said that the election actually originated with her mother, Beth Griffith.
‘My mom thought maybe we should do this as community service,” Laura said.
Community service projects are required by the Student Y Organization, and the club is also planning to host a Veterans’ Day event.
Student Y sponsor Jackie Woolum, a French teacher for Conkwrigh magnet students, said that the project was aimed at the parents as much as the students.
“We’re hopefully promoting the idea that they’ll take home that everybody should vote. …this before the real election so they could go home and say, “I got to vote today.”
Seventh grade student Robert Dean said his decision would be based on whether or not he ‘likes the (candidates’) ideas.”
He declined to make a prediction, though he had talked to his classmates about who they planned to vote for.
“Most of them are still thinking about it,” he added.
Shelbi Broeking, an eighth grade student, said that she was leaning toward voting Republican because ‘that’s what my values are.”
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