Kids take parents to the polls A national youth program designed to increase voter turnout has established branches in Quincy and Plymouth, and the early returns are promising. Kids Voting, which operates in 40 states, uses youthful idealism to bring adults to the polls. The program is for children in grades K-12. If the adult votes at the firehouse, so will the kid. And the ballot is the same.
Students even vote on local referendum questions.
Crowley says the program has already made its mark in Massachusetts. We started with Quincy last year and expanded into Plymouth this year. The school superintendent has to buy into it, but the nice thing is that the kids are excited about it. We even registered parents during open houses at the schools. A lot of people who've never voted in their lives have now gone to the polls because of their kids.