OPINION: Students voting at BHS

OPINION: Students voting at BHS

Yesterday was election day – over 17 million people voted reported Huffington Post. While most students attending BHS are not old enough to legally vote, a chance to practice for the real deal occurred during lunch Nov. 4.

Is it helpful to students to “participate” in election day?

Voting as a student helps prepare them for the real world: you need to know all the facts about who is running for what.

The different parties in the election also play a part in who you vote for: Greg Orman (Independent), Pat Roberts (Republican), Derek Schmidt (Republican), Lynn Jenkins (Republican), Sam Brownback (Republican), Kevin Yoder (Republican), Kelly Kultala (Democrat), Paul Davis (Democrat), Margie Wakefield (Democrat), Carmen Alldritt (Democrat), and Eric Rosen (Nonpartisan). Your beliefs play a part in who you vote for, simply on what the parties represent.

If you know what all the parties stand for, what all the people running for election represent, then you know who you want to vote for.

Statewide, Kids Voting Kansas results were tallied: Paul Davis was the victor for governor with 4,515 votes over Sam Brownback with 3,617.

So yes, it is most definitely important for students to “participate” in election day.