Get community exposure and highlight your public service commitment by sponsoring a student mock election in your market. On the air, at the station, at the school and in the community – there are more than a dozen ways to participate and support the National Student/Parent Mock Election, the nation’s oldest and most successful voter education project.

NABEF has launched a Mock Election Toolkit for broadcasters containing everything a station needs to get started:

• Ideas on how stations can participate
• Contact information at the state and school district level
• Ideas for public service announcements (PSAs) to alert educators, students and parents of the program
• Sample letter to school officials inviting them to partner with the station • Sample press release
• Poster to distribute to schools

The National Student Mock Election, in which students vote at their schools, will be held on October 30, 2008, several days before the national election. NABEF hopes to increase the excitement of the school elections by encouraging radio and television stations throughout the country to broadcast the student mock elections in their markets. Stations may also participate in other school civic education activities leading up to the election.

Click here to learn more about the National Student/Parent Mock Election and how you can participate.

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