What is the Student/Parent Mock Election?
The 2009 New Jersey Student/Parent Mock Election is part of the National Student/Parent Mock Election, which is operated throughout the United States as a voter-education program. The purpose of the Mock Election is to teach the nation’s youth about the importance of voting in our democratic society and to make it possible for them to express their opinions on a ballot similar to one that will be used in the General Election on Tuesday, November 3.