[BHS etree] STUDENT ACTIVITIES: mock election tomorrow 1/29

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Contact: Chris Young 
<mailto:chris_young at berkeley.k12.ca.us>chris_young at berkeley.k12.ca.us 
and Janet Huseby<mailto:jhuseby at pacbell.net>jhuseby at pacbell.net

Mock Election Tuesday, January 29-encourage your student to vote!

BHS Leadership, working with our parent volunteers and the League of 
Women Voters, is holding a mock election for BHS students tomorrow 
Tuesday, January 29.  The polling station will be the Community 
Theater Foyer.  The polls will be open from 9:00-3:45-including BHS 
lunch time!  We are hoping social studies teachers will bring their 
students to vote and others will drop by when free to vote.  Students 
will register, vote, and receive an "I Voted" sticker.

Students will vote for the presidential candidate of their choice 
from any of the parties and will vote yes or no on 3 ballot measures.

All teachers and parents - please encourage your students to vote. 
We need to have more young people voting.  Currently in California, 
of likely voters 62% are over 45, 77% are homeowners, 73% are college 
graduates, 72% are white, 14% are Latino, 6% are Asian, 5% are 
African-American.  While only one in three of California's adults was 
born in the US, 90% of likely voters are natives.  Do these 
statistics sound representative of the state population?

If you have volunteered to help at the election, please come to the 
front desk in the admin building to sign in and receive a volunteer 
badge then report to the foyer of the Community Theater.  If you have 
any questions, please contact Janet Huseby jhuseby at pacbell.net