Bloomington High School - Aepix Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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y 1 ,gt ,sg .. -..t,.s.,,5 w, 6 Making use of all available space allotted to students for posters, 39 candidates used original and imagi- native signs in order to get the un- divided attention of every potential backer. The stairways were liter- ally covered with colorful pleas for voter support. Elections Provided Citizenship Training When students Walked into the polling place late in September, they elected class officers and at the same time gained practical citizenship experience. Thirty-nine candidates had earned places on the ballot through a petitioning process. They had made use of all of the more adult means of campaigning - posters, lapel buttons, and speeches-in seeking the voters' approval. Then the big day arrived! Using community facilities, consisting of voting booths and ballot boxes, students from American history classes served as commissioners, clerks, and judges as registered voters entered the polls and cast their votes. Three students studied posters appearing on bulletin boards in the Student Center in trying to determine for whom they would vote on election day.

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Voters were required to sign registration cards and wait for clerks to verify signatures before receiving the ballots. Students in American history classes learned the duties of clerks and judges through practical experience. The workers included, left to right, Kerry Meyer, David Wissmiller, lan Russell, and Sue Robbins. BELOW: One of the election clerks, George lVlorrow, posed for this picture of the wrong way to make use of a voting booth. RIGHT: Judge Gloria Erickson accepted the marked ballot from another voter during class officer elections.