Here's a quiz on the election results. Using today's and tomorrow's newspaper, answer the following question about the local elections.

Federal Elections

Winner for U. S. Representative from Vermont______________
Top two finishers:__________ received ____%
__________ received ____%

U. S. Senate's political party majority? _________
U. S. House of Rep. political party majority?__________

State Elections

Winner for governor of Vermont
Top four finishers: received %
received %
received %
received %

Winner for lieutenant governor of Vermont
Top three finishes: received %
received %
received %

Winner for state treasurer of Vermont
Top two finishers: received %
received %

Winner of secretary of state of Vermont
Top two finishers: received %
received %

Winner for auditor of accounts of Vermont
Top two finishers: received %
received %

Winner for attorney general of Vermont
Top two finishers: received %
received %

Local Elections

Number of voters from your town
Your town elects state representatives
The winners are

Your county elects state senators
The winners are

Were there any special issues on your local ballots?
If so, what were they and what was the outcome?

Discussion: Were there any interesting or surprising outcomes in the federal elections; state elections; local elections?

What was the outcome on the vote for a change in Vermont's constitution?

For information on Kids Voting Vermont, contact Sarah Alberghini at 828-2148 or online at salberghini@sec.state.vt.us

Chenna Sharpe, Sydney Beldock and Sophie Blanchard discussing the election at a Charlotte polling place.

25,000 Vermont students cast ballots on Election Day

On Tuesday, more than 25,000 Vermont students cast their ballots as part of the Kids Voting Vermont program. Partial results of those elections are in, and there are a few surprises!***

In the Governor's race, Jim Douglas led with 33 percent of the vote over Doug Racine with 31 percent. Among the other candidates, Cris Ericson received 12 percent, Cornelius "Con" Hogan received seven percent. Other candidates received a combined 18 percent.

In the race for United States Congress, Bernie Sanders was the students' pick with 54 percent of the vote over William "Bill" Meub with 25 percent.

Other statewide races had students picking Brian Dubie for Lieutenant Governor, Jeb Spaulding for State Treasurer, Deb Markowitz for Secretary of State, Elizabeth M. Ready for Auditor of Accounts and William H. Sorrell for Attorney General.

These results reflect the returns of 20 percent of the Kids Voting Vermont communities. Of the 25,000 students that participated in the Kids Voting curriculum in their schools, nearly all cast ballots on Election Day.

According to Secretary of State Deb Markowitz, "response to the Kids Voting program was overwhelmingly positive. In community after community, parents commented on the high level of interest in the elections and a surprisingly high level of awareness about the candidates and the issues." How many adults voted because of students cannot be determined. Markowitz said, "we do know that student participation in Kids Voting increases adult voter turnout." By getting parents to vote, Vermont's school children have a real impact on the outcome of the election even though they are not yet old enough to vote.

Markowitz said "our goal was to make a positive impact on students and communities, which we have done."

The table shown at right provides detailed information on the results from some of our Kids Voting communities:

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