Kids Voting Buncombe County
Thursday, July 29, 2010



Kids Voting Buncombe County

 
 
Our Mission: Kids Voting Buncombe County is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to securing the future of democracy by educating and involving youth in the election process today.

Our Objective: To educate students Grades K-12 regarding the rights and responsibilities of voting to stimulate critical thinking skills necessary for making informed judgments as voters.



The Kids Voting program:

  • Creates an informed electorate
  • Develops lifetime citizenship and voting habits in youth
  • Increases adult voter turnout in KVUSA communities between 3% and 5%
Kids Voting Buncombe County partners with schools and election officials to offer students a wide range of opportunities for civic learning:
  • A Classroom Civics Curriculum that introduces students to the concepts of citizenship in the earliest grades and continues throughout their school years. This ongoing education develops skills and habits for living in a democracy.
  • Civics activities that are tools to help teachers meet the standards outlined in the North Carolina curriculum standard and can be fully integrated into the current classroom curriculum.
  • After classroom preparation students take part in a voting experience at their parents’ polling place using a ballot that mirrors that of the adults with the same candidates and issues. This “real life” practice dispels the mysteries of the voting process and reinforces the knowledge and skills gained through Kids Voting classroom activities.
More than 43,000 student ballots have been cast with Kids Voting Buncombe County since 2000.

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Click here for more about the impact Kids Voting has on students, families, schools and communities.