An exciting simulated voting experience for over 1,800 area student was held in four public high schools prior to the 2008 Presidential Election. The LWV Cuyahoga Area, with the participation of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections and the schools' government teaching staff, designed these mock elections to show young citizens how the process works and encourage a lifelong interest in voting.
This project featured: distribution of several thousand LWV Voters Guides, candidate forums featuring County Commission candidates, and simulated elections.
Over 60 League and community volunteers made this project possible.
Funding was provided by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and LWV Cuyahoga Area Education Fund.
Here is a video highlighting the Valley Forge High School mock election. The video was made possible by Cox Cable.
