Today we were able to go down to the polling site at NPE. The inspector for the site was nice enough to walk the kids through the process of casting a vote. They were able to see where you sign in to vote and check out a real ballot. He also showed them how people with disabilities vote. There is a machine that scans the ballot and reads it to them. Then all they need to do is touch the screen to cast their vote. Then he showed the kids how a voter puts their ballot into the scanner to cast their vote. They also talked to us about absentee voting. I was very impressed that the polling inspector took the time to talk to the kids on this exciting day!
After we came back to our class, we had our own election. Allie was our registrar, and each child came to her and told her their name. She checked their name off the class list and gave them a ballot with each candidates name and picture on it. The students then went to a mock election booth to mark their ballot. Lastly, they dropped their ballot into the ballot box. The whole second grade participated in this election activity today.
Once all the votes were counted, the results were:
John McCain 44
Barack Obama 40
John McCain 44
Barack Obama 40
