Take Me To Vote

Fifth grade teachers in Saratoga County may participate in the Take Me to Vote Program. The goals of this League project are two-fold. The first is to encourage voter turnout on Election Day. The second is to prepare children for the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Students ask an adult to take them to the polls on Election Day. Adults are encouraged to vote, and to interest their children in their rights as citizens.

Every student who goes to the polls with a parent/adult and shows his/her certificate to a poll worker earns a sticker. Teachers provide each fifth grader who participates with a button that says, "Take me to Vote!...Again!" The class with the highest level of participation in each elementary school receives a plaque. The public school with the highest percentage of participating fifth graders is honored with a visit from a legislator.

TAKE ME TO VOTE! Results for 2011
By Mary Ratzer, Chair

Two grade 5 teachers had the highest participation in the county. Both teach at Dorothy Nolan. They will recieve plaques and a visit from Assemblyman Tony Jordon again this year. First place is Susan Jablonski. Second place is Kaile Doti. Notable participants this year include Schuylerville, Orenda at Shenendehowa, Corinth, Ballston's Wood Road (all grade 5 teachers), Burnt Hills- Ballston Lake's Stevens, Dorothy Nolan (all grade 5 teachers), and Geyser Road.

Congratulations!