Student/Parent Mock Election
League of Women Voters of Moscow, Idaho
Results: Latah County's Second Mock Election
Kudos to the Moscow League for 1998 Mock Election!
The National
Student/Parent Mock Election has been held throughout the U.S. in presidential
election years since the early 1980s but had not received widespread publicity
in our area before now. For the second time in as many years the Moscow
League has provided that all-important chance for K-12 students of Latah
County to cast votes. League members toiled diligently—either as Mock Election
committee members or as "election day officials" to bring the program to
its successful conclusion on October 29. Many of us felt that the week's
events went more smoothly than in '96, but that was what we had hoped for.
Experience counts after all.
The Mock Election committee wishes to thank EVERY PERSON who participated;
you were super—whether greeting, corraling, or counting! We hope you share
our view that voting is among the most important activities in any student's
young life, and we hope you each gleaned a great satisfaction from watching
the kids vote, hoping our efforts will make a difference, and knowing it
wouldn't have happened without us.
In case you wondered which other parts of the elephant were being patted:
LWV Moscow provided curriculum materials to assist teachers in bringing
their students up-to-date on candidates, issues, and voting procedures;
we distributed information on the program to all school districts in Latah
County; we worked closely with the Moscow School District to coordinate
announcements, materials, and bus scheduling for voting day; we arranged
for the use of the Fair Grounds (fee waived by the County) and set up voting
booths (some made by us, some borrowed) and ballot boxes (made by students
of McDonald Elementary), begged for dollars to pay for duplicating and
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Voted stickers, made up three custom ballots, greeted busloads of kids
and showed them where and how to vote, tallied results, and reported results
to the newspapers and participating teachers/schools.
Later we held a wrap-up session with participating teachers and learned
that they would like to repeat the program in the year 2000. That
will again be a presidential year and should generate a great deal
of excitement. We look forward to this part of the millenium celebration.
Outside assistance we received included checks from:
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Sunrise Kiwanis Club
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Washington Water Power
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several generous Leaguers
In addition, we received assistance from the following:
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waiver of building use fees by the County Commissioners
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massive assistance with concept support, copying and bus transportation/scheduling
from the Moscow School District (primarily through Susan Seaman, Curriculum
Coordinator)
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"personpower" from several university students on voting day.
Mock Election Committee members include:
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Carol Woodall
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Pauli Owens
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LaRae Rhoads
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Sally Fredericks
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Jeannie Harvey
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Maynard Miller
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Dorothy LeVeque
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Winifred and John Dixon
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Tom Trail
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Jeni Fereday
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Lucille Magnuson
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For those of you who haven't seen them yet, here are the election results:
National Student/Parent Mock Election
October 26-29, 1998
STATE / NATIONAL OFFICE ELECTION RESULTS
—For Latah County and the State of Idaho—
CANDIDATES
FOR UNITED STATES OFFICES
CANDIDATES FOR IDAHO
STATE OFFICES
CANDIDATES
FOR IDAHO STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT NO. 5
CANDIDATES FOR
LATAH COUNTY OFFICES
NON-PARTISAN
JUDICIAL ELECTION BALLOT
OPTIONAL FORMS
OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT
BALLOT RESULTS ON ISSUES STATE of IDAHO
and UNITED STATES
Results from 1996Mock
Election
CANDIDATES
FOR UNITED STATES OFFICES
|
Latah County Total |
Idaho Total |
| United States Senator |
|
|
| MIKE CRAPO (Rep.) |
605 |
6149 |
| GEORGE J. MANSFIELD (Nat.) |
126 |
950 |
| BILL MAUK (Dem.) |
295 |
1808 |
| First Congressional District, U.S. House of Representatives |
|
|
| HELEN CHENOWETH (Rep.) |
243 |
1742 |
| DAN WILLIAMS (Dem.) |
771 |
3741 |
CANDIDATES FOR
IDAHO STATE OFFICES
|
Latah County Total |
Idaho Total |
| Governor |
|
|
| ROBERT C. HUNTLEY (Dem.) |
386 |
1951 |
| DIRK KEMPTHORNE (Rep.) |
570 |
6066 |
| PETER RICKARDS (Ind.) |
170 |
1078 |
| Lieutenant Governor |
|
|
| C.L. "BUTCH" OTTER (Rep.) |
389 |
Vote not Cast |
| SUE REENTS (Dem.) |
412 |
Vote not Cast |
| ALAN STROUD (AmH.) |
98 |
Vote not Cast |
| Secretary of State |
|
|
| T.J. ANGSTMAN (Lib.) |
155 |
Vote not Cast |
| PETE T. CENARRUSA (Rep.) |
331 |
Vote not Cast |
| JERRY SEIFFERT (Dem.) |
405 |
Vote not Cast |
| State Controller |
|
|
| RON POLLOCK (Rep.) |
321 |
Vote not Cast |
| J.D. WILLIAMS (Dem.) |
446 |
Vote not Cast |
| State Treasurer |
|
|
| RON G. CRANE (Rep.) |
468 |
Vote not Cast |
| LATHAM WILLIAMS (Ref.) |
371 |
Vote not Cast |
| Attorney General |
|
|
| BRIT GROOM (Dem.) |
458 |
Vote not Cast |
| ALAN G. LANCE (Rep.) |
385 |
Vote not Cast |
| Superintendent of Public Instruction |
|
|
| ANNE C. FOX (Rep.) |
363 |
Vote not Cast |
| MARILYN HOWARD (Dem.) |
602 |
Vote not Cast |
CANDIDATES
FOR IDAHO STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT NO. 5
| State Senator |
|
| CHARLES PEZESHKI (Dem.) |
288 |
| GARY J. SCHROEDER (Rep.) |
296 |
| State Representative Position A |
|
| TOM TRAIL (Rep.) |
474 |
| State Representative Position B |
|
| MAYNARD M. MILLER (Rep.) |
168 |
| SHIRLEY G. RINGO (Dem.) |
366 |
| CANDIDATES
FOR LATAH COUNTY OFFICES |
| County Commissioner District No. 2 |
|
| LORECA J. STAUBER (Dem.) |
266 |
| BILL TWIGG (Ind.) |
261 |
| County Commissioner District No. 3 |
|
| HARRY D.DeWITT (Rep.) |
196 |
| SAM DUNCAN (Dem.) |
242 |
| BOB HASSOLDT (Ind.) |
87 |
| Clerk of the District Court |
|
| SUSAN R. PETERSEN (Rep.) |
476 |
| COUNTY TREASURER |
|
| LESLIE (LES) A. PROCTOR (Rep.) |
474 |
| County Assessor |
|
| STEVE FISCUS (Dem.) |
486 |
| COUNTY CORONER |
|
| DAN J. SCHMIDT (Ind.) |
477 |
NON-PARTISAN
JUDICIAL ELECTION BALLOT
Justice of the Supreme Court
to Succeed Justice Byron John |
|
| WAYNE L. KIDWELL |
257 |
| MICHAEL E. WETHERELL |
232 |
OPTIONAL FORMS
OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT
| CHOICE A (current form of gov’t) |
291 |
| CHOICE B (new form of gov’t) |
167 |
BALLOT RESULTS ON ISSUES
STATE of IDAHO and UNITED STATES
| 1.
Most Important Concern Facing America: |
Idaho |
U.S. |
| a) Education |
28% |
26% |
| b) Poverty and Homelessness |
16% |
18% |
| c) Crime and Violence |
35% |
40% |
| d) Managed Health Care |
8% |
7% |
| e) Ethics and Morality |
12% |
9% |
| 2. Proposals for
Best Education System |
|
|
| a) Private school vouchers requiring public schools to compete with
private ones |
9% |
10% |
| b) Retain current system, but increase spending on public schools |
47% |
45% |
| c) Allow parents to choose among public schools, thus requiring public
schools to compete with one another |
25% |
36% |
| d) Allow both private school vouchers and parental choice of
public schools |
19% |
19% |
| 3. Views on Social
Welfare |
|
|
| a) People should take personal responsibility for their economic condition |
29% |
30% |
| b) The government should see to it that everyone has a minimal
income, even if it means raising taxes |
12% |
11% |
| c) The government should provide assistance for housing, child care,
and job training, even if it means raising taxes |
21% |
23% |
| d) The government should provide tax incentives to businesses
to create more job opportunities |
37% |
36% |
| 4. Views on Efforts
to Reduce Crime and Drug Problems |
|
|
| a) Increasing the length of prison sentences for violent
crime will keep people from committing criminal acts, thus lowering
the crime rate |
38% |
38% |
| b) Anti-crime and anti-drug awareness programs will prevent people
from committing crimes in the future, thus lowering the crime rate |
26% |
21% |
| c) Controlling the flow of drugs into the country, even
if it means raising taxes, will lower the crime rate |
17% |
17% |
| d) Limiting people’s access to purchasing guns will lower the
crime rate |
19% |
24% |
| 5. Views
on Government Efforts to Improve Managed Health Care |
|
|
| a) The gov’t should see to it that HMOs provide patients a full
range of health care services, even if it means that health care costs
for average citizens will increase |
27% |
27% |
| b) The gov’t should see to it that the cost of health insurance
to average citizens remains minimal, even if it means that a full
range of health care services will not always be provided by HMOs |
27% |
26% |
| c) The gov’t should see to it that citizens can more easily sue HMOs
if patients are denied access to health service, even if it means
increasing the costs of health care |
21% |
22% |
| d) The gov’t should establish an immediate 10-day review
period if a patient claims that they were denied health care services by
an HMO |
25% |
25% |
| 6. Opinion
on Moral Standards for National Leaders |
|
|
Which of the following most closely reflects your opinion
about this statement:
"Elected officials should be held to a moral standard that is higher
and more stringent than the standard for ordinary citizens because they
serve as national leaders" |
| a) Strongly agree |
30% |
26% |
| b) Agree |
26% |
26% |
| c) Neither agree nor disagree |
28% |
31% |
| d) Disagree |
8% |
9% |
| e) Strongly disagree |
8% |
8% |
Information provided by the League of Women Voters and The National
Student/Parent Mock Election through http://www.votelink.com.
For more information contact Carol Woodall, Idaho Coordinator for the NS/PME,
(208) 883-5362.
Results: Issues Ranked by Latah County's Students in the
1996 Mock
Election
[Disclaimer: The question wording and choices on the Issues Ballots
were prepared by the National Student/Parent Mock Election headquarters
and not the League of Women Voters.] Junior High and Senior High students,
grades 7-12, voted on the Issues Ballots, results follow, presented in
rank order by number of votes received on individual items.
Rank the Issues
Of the following issues, which do you think deserves the most attention
from elected officials?
Fighting crime and violence in our schools, homes and streets (613 votes)
Improving the economy and creating jobs (364)
Protecting and restoring our environment (334)
Improving the quality of our schools (192)
Providing health care for all (191)
Total votes cast on Rank the Issues: 1,694
Crime
Which of the following measures offers the best hope for fighting crime?
More spending on anti-poverty and anti-drug programs and education (785
votes)
Stricter gun control laws (527)
More spending on law enforcement (459)
Total votes cast on Crime: 1,771
The Economy and Jobs
What is the best way to ensure jobs for all Americans?
Balance the federal budget in order to spur job growth (735 votes)
Offer special job-training programs (706)
Provide businesses with tax incentives (192)
Total votes cast on The Economy and Jobs: 1,633
Education
How should American government help to improve schools?
Get parents more involved in the welfare of the school (663 votes)
Offer better teacher training (958)
Increase taxes to pay for programs that help schools buy supplies (357)
Encourage schools to adopt dress codes for students (121)
Total votes cast on Education: 1,739
Health Care
How should the government handle health care?
The government should provide universal health insurance to all Americans
(866 votes)
The government should stay out of the health insurance business (583)
The government should allow health insurers to impose limitations on coverage
(408)
Total votes cast on Health Care: 1,857
The Environment
How far should the government go to protect the environment?
Undecided (811)
Regulate the environment first, event if it means that people lose their
jobs (486)
Place job growth before the environment (327)
Total votes cast on the Environment: 1,624
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