Throughout the campaign process, they unite and involve the entire home and school community while introducing kindergarten and primary students to the concept of informed voting. Create and use a computer database. Design and distribute questionnaires that gather relevant, quantifiable demographics. Get information from organizations by phone, visits, and Internet. Encouraging increased voter registration, older students distribute unbiased balloting information to neighbors and parents.
Participants meet and interview election workers and sometimes even candidates.
They use post-election data from school and political contests to analyze and share results with the school community. When students get involved with the election process, they understand the rights and responsibilities of living in a democracy. This highly relevant format is easily shared with younger students. It also addresses the role of technology in the political process. Along with learning how information can be collected, used, and manipulated, students learn the importance of voting in a democratic society.