Kids Voting NC Wake County

Kid's Voting Wake County Open Precincts for the Tuesday, November 3, 2009, Elections

05-01 Morrisville Elementary School
06-05 Holly Ridge Middle School
06-06 Holly Springs Elementary School
06-08 Holly Springs Cultural Center
06-10 Holly Grove Elementary School
12-02 Fuquay-Varina Community Center
12-04 Springs Elementary School
12-05 West Lake Middle School
16-02 Creech Road Elementary School
16-07 Heather Hills Clubhouse
17-02 Knightdale Elementary School
17-04 Lockhart Elementary School
17-08 Hodge Road Elementary School
19-05 Wake Forest Presbyterian Church
19-10 Jones Dairy Elementary School
19-11 Wake Forest Community House
19-12 Heritage Middle School
20-02 Missionary Baptist Church
29-04 Davis Drive Middle School

Kid's Voting Wake County On-Line Voting for Tuesday, October 6, and Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Kids Voting NC Wake County invites all middle and high school students in Wake County to participate in our on-line voting program for 2009.  If you have not received your free Civics Education CD, please call our office right away.

Each middle and high school student has the opportunity to vote on these election days by selecting  2009 Kids Voting Wake County Student Ballot at the top left hand corner of this page.

October 6 - All of Wake County will vote for the Board of Education members for Districts 1, 2, 7, and 9. The City of Raleigh and Town of Cary will vote to elect city or town officials.

November 3 - Town of Apex, Town of Fuquay-Varina, Town of Garner, Town of Wake Forest, Town of Morrisville, Town of Wendell, Town of Knightdale, Town of Rolesville, Town of Holly Springs and Town of Zebulon vote for candidates in their respective municipality.  Like adults, students who live in these towns will be voting twice (October 6 and November 3). 

The method and hours are up to you based on your middle or high school students’ access to the web.  Students could go to a media center, vote in a Social Studies class, or even vote at home. The October 6 on-line ballot will be available from 9 a.m. on Monday, October 5, and the voting needs to be completed by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, October 6.  For those students who will also vote on November 6, a municipality-specific ballot will be available from 9 a.m. on Monday, November 2, until 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3.

Your students will follow these simple steps:

• Access the Internet Explorer Browser.
• Type in www.kidsvotingwake.org
• Select 2009 Kids Voting Wake County Student Ballot. 
• Select the school type and then specific school.
• Click on "Vote" to move forward.

On-line results from your school as well as other high schools will be posted at www.kidsvotingwake.org.  Look for results by the end of each Election Week in October and November.  

We hope your students can participate in this important civic activity!

Please call our office at (919) 341-2398 if you have any questions.

 

Mission

Kids Voting NC Wake County creates an active and informed electorate by engaging students, teachers, parents, and the community in the democratic process.

Goals

Kids Voting collaborates with public, private, parochial, home, and charter schools to create an informed electorate, increase adult voter turn out, and develop lifetime voting habits in youth. Kids Voting works to establish a voting generation by developing future citizens who regard voting as vital to American life. The project also reminds adults of their civic responsibility.

Program Description

Kid's Voting is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit, grassroots organization that promotes voter participation by educating America's youth about the importance of an informed electorate and the responsibilities of voting to sustain democracy. It is the only civics program that brings students into official polling sites on election day. Wake County's award-winning program reaches out to over 125,000 students.

Kids Voting is Unique

Kids Voting USA is the only organization that virtually replicates the voting process by taking students into official voting precincts on Election Day. Kindergarten through high school students register to vote and participate in a fun classroom curriculum about the election process. On Election Day, students go to the polls with adults and cast their ballots in local, state, and national elections. Results are tallied and reported to schools and the news media.