Oregon
Student Mock Election
Oregon Student Mock Election receives third national award, May 2009
Read the press release
National Student/Parent
Mock Election
The National
Student/Parent Mock Election program seeks to turn the sense
of powerlessness that keeps young Americans and their parents from
voting into a sense of the power of participation in our democracy.
One of the most important ways to increase students' sense of significance
- and power - is to use the Mock Election to give them an introduction
to the real process.
In Oregon
Oregon Student Mock
Election (OSME) is a statewide program directly affiliated with
the national organization. In Oregon, the Mock Election will be
carried out in hundreds of public, private and home schools around
the state. We will be voting on the candidates for US Senate, Representatives
in Congress, and Oregon statewide offices, as well as selected Oregon
ballot measures and national issues. We will join thousands of students
around the country who will place their votes by the end of October 2010. On
Oregon Mock Election Day, held during the last week of October, Oregon’s
results will be announced at a student-run, participatory final event.
Special thanks to our community partners who have helped support past efforts to make the Mock Election as successful as possible: The Oregon Association of Broadcasters, the Oregon PTA, the Oregon Department of Education, and the Secretary of State Elections Division.
Oregon Student Mock Election Flyer (2 pgs; pdf)
2010 Calendar
NOW - Register for the Oregon Student Mock Election and choose a coordinator
Late Aug. - Oregon Teachers' Guide (curriculum) available online
Late Sept. to late Oct. - Video-conference debates between schools
Oct. 1 - REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Early Oct. - League of Women Voters' Voters' Guide available online
Early Oct. - Mock Ballots available online
End of Oct. - Students vote in Oregon Mock Election
End of Oct. - Oregon Mock Election Day; live-streamed video event, Student-run press conference, Election results announced
Nov. 2 - General Election Day
Information from the 2008 Oregon Student Mock Election
Watch an excerpt of the student-run press conference. (5:45; Windows Media Viewer)
Read the final results press release
See the photos
Read the statewide results
Oregon Students Rock the Mock Vote Blog!
2008 Teacher Resources
Teachers' Guide to the Oregon Student Mock Election (MS Word)
Teachers' Guide to the Oregon Student Mock Election (PDF)
Background information on Measure
57, Measure 58, Measure 61, Measure 63, and Measure 65 (pdfs)
Ballots and updated Vote Reporting Form
Road to Suffrage presentation in Power Point
Road to Suffrage presentation in PDF for printing on overheads
Voter Registration for High School Students
Play the Road to the Capitol Game
"Electing the President” Newspaper Supplement Update
The League of Women Voters and the Newspaper in Education Institute (NIE) created a newspaper supplement of election information for young voters, students and others. Download this supplement, "Electing the President," and find an NIE program state contact list here.
Poster Contest Flyer
Speech Contest Flyer
Voters' Guides: nonpartisan, balanced election information published by the League of Women Voters
VoteSource.org - the League's voter information web site
New York Times September 14, 2008 article on Felons and Voting Rights
NPR's Fact Checker- Use this web site to hear NPR analysts check the facts from the Presidential debates.
Choose candidates
Decide on ballot measures
Register to Vote
Voter Registration for High School Students
Your rights as a voter
About Vote-by-Mail
What to do when…
LWV recommends…
About voting absentee
QUESTIONS about the Mock Election? Email: lwvor@lwvor.org
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