4th graders at Evanston, Illinois school get a valuable early lesson in voting

4th graders at Evanston, Illinois school get a valuable early lesson in voting

EVANSTON , Ill. -- At Lincoln Elementary School in north suburban Evanston , some fourth graders may have lessons for us all.The young voters—for an in-class poll—were very excited to learn about the process firsthand. Their teacher set it all up in a most creative way too. 'I really learned a lot from this that I did not know before,' one boy in the class said.

'Make sure that you and only you can see who you're voting for,' he told them.Mr. Familara even gave the kids buttons for their shirts to show they had voted—much like the stickers adults receive after turning in their ballots.Before counting the ballots, the kids themselves emphasized how much of an impact this exercise made.'I learned that like voting is really, really important, because without a president life would be chaos,' said Aarna Sharma.

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