On
Thursday, May 19, Kennedy High School students from the Class of 2017, in
conjunction with Clerk Cindy Bower of the City of Taylor, were able to vote for
senior class and student body officers with real ballots and tabulator.
Students
were able to learn the process of voting and were able to register to vote for
the upcoming presidential election. Clerk Bower and Deputy Clerk
Sara El-Rafaai worked with Kennedy Student Government advisers Courtney Osborne
and Michele Marshall to set up the event.
Other
city representatives on hand were City Councilman Alex Garza and Treasurer Ed
Bourassa.
“We
had a great morning at Kennedy today, as 90 students from the Class of 2017
took part of voting for their Student Government leaders,” Clerk Bower said. “Everything
went very smooth. Thank you to Alex and Ed for coming out to assist. A big
‘thank you’ to Sara for orchestrating all of the details with the staff at
Kennedy.
“My
goal is to offer this at both high schools next year and to maybe include the
other classes.”
The
clerk’s office also did a voter registration drive and registered quite a few
18 or almost-18-year-olds to vote. The clerk also hosted a voter registration
drive with the government classes at Truman.
“It
is so important to get our youth involved with voting,” Clerk Bower said. “This
was a great way for them to see how the process works on Election Day.”
Pictures
include Junior Class President and newly elected Senior Class of 2017 President
Kyle Wright were first to vote. Class of 2017 student Faith Meyers gets her
"I Voted" sticker from Clerk Bower as Deputy Clerk El-Rifaai looks
on.
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