#mock elections

[kartamuneda]

Source: Bantay Boto 2019

[donmalarkeys]

Round Two for Mock Elections has arrived. Congratulations to the victors! Keep an eye out for Round Three!

[donmalarkeys]

The results are in for Mock Elections! Here are the winners for Round One! Congratulations to the victors. Round Two is coming soon!

[elienronse]

Mock Elections at Ballard

Voter turnout crosswise over Washington state in the ongoing mid-term races were at a record high: 51.26 percent of enrolled voters cast their tickets. Around the same time, understudies at Ballard High School were throwing their votes in a counterfeit race. Voter turnout at Ballard's counterfeit decisions came in at 63.9 percent. In excess of 1,270 understudies turned in paper tickets, and 837 understudies castes a ballot on Psychology, an internet learning stage utilized over the region.

In spite of the fact that called false decisions, understudies were completely drenched in a practical voter experience paving the way to race day. Understudies made voter flyers; found out about activities on the Seattle ticket; educated their kindred understudies on activities; and cast their votes on hopefuls and measures.

Recognized visitors were available for the duration of the day to demonstrate their help for understudies and addressed understudies on why casting a ballot is a basic urban obligation. Executive Eden Mack, Representative Reuben Carlyle, Representative Gael Tarkenton, Representative Noel Frame, Kathleen Vasquez (education and social investigations program administrator), and Mary Montague (proficiency educational programs master) acclaimed understudies for their commitment and city support.

"We [the youth] are the future," said Isabella, a Ballard sophomore. "It's significant that young know the significance of casting a ballot and take part once they're prepared to cast a ballot at 18 years of age."

Andy, a senior stressed that the way toward casting a ballot starts with advising oneself about the measures on the poll. He shared that the understudy made voter handouts are made to teach the understudy body on activities. "Before understudies drop their tallies in the case, we trust that the accessible assets [voter leaflet and understudy created videos] have been useful in advising them on the two sides regarding an issue."

Notwithstanding making voter leaflets, ninth grade understudies made recordings further illuminating voters on voting yes or no on activities.

Webster Hut chins, LEA educator, "It was an extraordinary and significant experience for all who took an interest, understudies and instructors alike. They adored the whole procedure … from finding out about the activities and talking their folks, to making expert/con recordings, civics talk, casting a ballot itself, and to examining the outcomes in a statewide setting a short time later. They are getting to be complex natives!"

Eighty-nine percent of understudies surveyed responded to yes to an inquiry that posed: "Do you figure taking an interest in this counterfeit decision will make you almost certain and prepared to cast a ballot in genuine races when you turn 18?"

Hut chins included that "By connecting all young in the investigation of discretionary governmental issues through support in yearly fake decisions each fall… [this] causes them develop into voters when they turn 18."

Seattle Public Schools is focused on getting ready understudies forever and network past secondary school. At the focal point of the region's dedication is an emphasis on youth voices and youth cooperation. The false races at Ballard are one case of the area's drives in advancing youth commitment established in metro instruction.

[kartamuneda]

Source: UST AMV Commission on Elections

[snark-isms-blog]

I’ve been thinking about social outrage...

And the way the internet erupted a year ago when Donald Trump won the electoral college, and the presidency of the United States. Today I read an article where people are in utter outrage (commentators as well as media outlets) because our current FLOTUS is cutting back a tree that stands on the White House grounds. For whatever reason, it triggered a memory I have from high school, where I learnt a lot about social outrage.  It was in 2004 - I would have been in Grade 10, and the world was watching the US election to see if George W. Bush would serve a second term. My social studies teacher decided to hold a mock election to teach us about the electoral college (I’m Canadian). He wrote down the name of each state and how many electoral votes each state carried. Because there were fewer students than states, each student received at least 2 slips of paper. I had Florida and Utah. I can’t recall how our teacher organized it, but I think he had us go from smallest to largest vote, which left me as one of the last to cast my vote. The entire class was enjoying it immensely, myself included. One of the guys in my class cast his votes for the Rhino party, and several jokingly voted for the Republicans. Our teacher kept tally of the votes on the whiteboard so we could watch the progress.  Quick diversion into back story - I was raised in a highly conservative family. My father is highly politically charged, and I grew up with a stay-at-home father who ran an incredibly right-leaning news publication. I was, in my opinion, completely indoctrinated from a very young age to believe certain things, and in high school I was one of the few students who openly claimed conservative political values. I will follow with my current life views after finishing my story. Back to the moment in my memories - When it was my turn to cast my vote for Florida, the class had through their own amused devices made it so that the Republicans and the Democrats were very close to tied. My teacher called the student with Florida to the front of the class, and up I went and cast my vote for the Republican party, securing the win for that party. You should have heard the outrage in that classroom. The entire room was shrieking that it wasn’t fair, and that my vote shouldn’t count.  This is the moment I will never forget. My teacher gave me a look, of shame, apology, and guilt, and cast the vote for the Democrats instead. I have his face in that moment seared into my memory, because he knew what he was doing was wrong. I got sent back to my seat, and it was never spoken of again.  That day, I learned some hard lessons. That instance (and others quite like it) embittered me at a very young age. I learned that people act in their own self-interest no matter what the reward. My teacher gained nothing by sabotaging my choice, and in fact could have used that class as a teaching moment to teach the whole class that decisions have consequences, and if you don’t take your decisions seriously, then someone who does take it seriously instead will get what they want at your expense. Instead he decided to teach me that no one is above their own wish fulfillment. He taught me that I could be exposed to ridicule and contempt from my peers with no protection from the people in authority who weren’t supposed to let those things happen. It also taught me that social outrage trumps personal beliefs every time.  Today, I am not a conservative. My life views have shifted to a place where I am incredibly moderate - I don’t hold either the moral values that conservatives believe in, or the way that liberals choose to handle financial matters. Both parties are deeply flawed and polarized, and I can’t and won’t cast a vote for either. However I believe to my very core that the amount of virulence, contempt and outright hatred that the left subjects any conservative-leaning individual to is absolutely inappropriate. Social outrage is a tool that people use to shame them into toeing the line, but that doesn’t translate into action, and all it does is create hostility. Bush won the second election, then Obama, and then after his two terms, we thought for sure our social outrage was a key component to ensuring that Trump would never win the presidency. The roar of surprise and hatred on the internet the day after the votes were counted in November 2016 reminded me of that day in high school, and in fact parallels so strongly for me that I can hardly bear it - the popular vote was for Hillary, but Trump won the college. Likewise in my class, the class was obviously mostly Democrat, but because of whatever hubris caused them to cast their votes against the Dems, the Republicans won the electoral college.  Tell me, where is the demand for electoral reform? There is so much outrage over Trump’s vacation time, and Christmas cards, and yet I don’t see the one phrase that would ensure that this farce of an election never happens again - “Get rid of the electoral college”. All this outrage does is fuel the hostilities but doesn’t harness it into any positive or meaningful change. And our children are being subjected to it, for the crime of being born to parents who hold certain beliefs that aren’t socially acceptable. I was one of those children, and it has left marks in me that shouldn’t be there. My only hope is that one person reads this and considers that maybe there is a grain of truth in this story. I don’t want to change anyone’s mind about right vs left, right vs wrong, or any of it. I just wanted to share this memory and hopefully purge the sting I still feel from my psyche. 

tl,dr; my high school teacher staged a mock us election and when i would have cast the winning vote for the republican party took my vote away from me and embittered me forever (well not really but sorta)

[defenestrate-me-already]

My school just had a mock election

I wouldn’t be surprised if half the write in votes were just their own names

[philippinecanadianinquirer-blog]

Comelec encounters minor glitches in “mock ballot transmission” test

Comelec encounters minor glitches in “mock ballot transmission” test

A woman casts her votes during the Voter Education for the students of Pangasinan State University. (Photo from Comelec’s official Twitter account) STA. ROSA CITY, Laguna – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) encountered minor glitches when the poll body conducted on Saturday the “mock ballot transmission” test at its secured warehouse that served as “mock national board of canvassers’…

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