NATIONAL MOCK ELECTION
SPECIAL INTEREST
Participate in the Mock Election Essay Contest: "What Participating in the Mock Election Meant to Me"
Watch Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Speak to Teachers and Students
Watch some of your favorite celebrities talk about the National Mock Election here
Download Justice O'Connor's script from the video above here
NEED HELP?
1. Review the documents below
2. Review the Process Overview and Troubleshooting
3. Email School Perceptions: help@schoolperceptions.com (Registration/Voting Issues)
4. Phone School Perceptions - 877-644-9818
Enroll Now
Register - Please note: Upon enrolling you will receive an email with voting instructions. You may also download these instructions after you have logged into your account.
The registration e-mail was sent from help@schoolperceptions.com. If you cannot find the e-mail in your in box, look in your spam folder or junk folder. You should also send a note to your school's technology director and ask for help@schoolperceptions.com to be "white listed" and not considered spam. If you still need help, contact your state coordinator or School Perceptions.
Vote Now
Voting Process and Ballots – Click here for an overview of the voting process and a list of state ballots.
- After you have registered, click here to log into your account.
- If you do not know your account password, click here to retrieve it.
Set Learning Objectives
Curriculum Resources – The Mock Election can teach civic engagement. Properly used, it can also teach language arts, math, science, music, history, research skills, critical thinking skills, technological literacy, character education/ethics. It can vastly increase students understanding of the global world in which they live.
Get Involved
Media Tools – Share your participation with your community! Check out the Working with your Local Broadcasters Tool Kit.
Use the templates in this press kit to share your involvement in the Mock Election with your school and local newspaper(s) and radio and TV stations.
Provide your school and local media with this media fact sheet.
Volunteer
Community Involvement – Click here to find out how your state or local PTA can get involved.
Recognition
Award Application – Outstanding Mock Election projects may be nominated at the school, school district and state level to receive awards. All grade levels are encouraged to apply. Award application
Additional Helpful Resources
- Process Overview and FAQs for Educators - Registration, voting process and FAQ information for educators. View Educator Overview
- Process Overview and FAQs for Voters - Registration, voting process and FAQ information for voters. View Voter Overview
- How to do it: A Guide to the National Student Parent Mock Election – This 118-page "how to" guide provides information on all aspects of the National Mock Election
- Reports from the Real World – Learn what innovative ideas elementary, middle and high schools are doing to participate in the political process. Learn more
- Fact Sheet – Ideas for making learning exciting that can provide the motivation and reward that can make all the difference in educating the future voters who will choose the leaders of the world’s longest lasting democracy.
- Additional Resource Links – A list of websites on various subjects from the history of voting rights to the present youth suffrage movement to political parties and more.
For State Coordinators
Process Overview and FAQs for State Coordinators – Registration, voting process and FAQ information for state coordinators. View State Coordinator Overview
Mission and Purpose
The National Student/Parent Mock Election seeks to turn the sense of powerlessness that keeps young Americans and their parents from going to the polls 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 take them out of the classroom and into the real world.
Our Supporters
The National Student/Parent Mock Election receives support from numerous organizations, including the National Parent Teachers Association, the National School Boards Association, the National Council for the Social Studies, the American Association of School Administrators, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the Council of the Great City Schools. The Election Assistance Commission and the Kaplan Foundation provide ongoing funding for the Mock Election.
Learn more by clicking here
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