Norcross Elementary Kindergarteners Hold Mock Election

The kindergarteners at Norcross Elementary School decided to get in the voting action and hold a mock election for class president this week. Clifford the Dog received the most votes.

Norcross Elementary Kindergarteners Hold Mock Election

The kindergarteners at Norcross Elementary School decided to get in the voting action and hold a mock election for class president. Clifford the Dog received the most votes.

The kindergarteners and teachers at Norcross Elementary School decided to get in the action of voting with their own mock election for class president Monday. In the mock election, which was part of a series of lessons on making choices, students voted between the fictional characters Clifford the Dog and the Cat in the Hat, according to a news release from Gwinnett County Public Schools. Clifford won with 155 votes, and the Cat in the Hat received 38 votes. There was one write-in vote and six undecided votes, and three students voted for both.  The school's election process was very similar to what real voters did Tuesday at the polls. Wearing hats they made and donning the colors red, white and blue, the students were given election …

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