California Students Vote

By Karoli October 26, 2006 No Comments

There was a mock election yesterday for California students, 7-12th grades. The preliminary returns worry me, particularly those related to the ballot initiatives. I am working on a larger post on these, but in the interim, some food for thought:

I’m very curious to know what the students were given to evaluate their choices before voting? Was it based on TV ads or other printed material?

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Seven responsibilities of citizens in a democracy

By Karoli October 22, 2006 No Comments

This article by Jerome Yoman was in our local paper today (one-time free registration is required to read it) and I thought it was great. I’m going to give the bullet points here, but it’s worth reading in its entirety:

  1. Inform yourself beyond the spin doctors and partisan pundits
  2. Stand up for the ideals this country was founded on.
  3. Resist totalitarianism.
  4. Strengthen government as the voice of the people.
  5. Speak out for separation of church and state
  6. Hold government officials accountable morally, not just fiscally.
  7. Vote. Just do it. Register today. Monday is the last day for Californians to register. If you’re not registered, go do it.

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