11/5/12 - Several students from Hartland High School will be using their day off of school Tuesday to help out at the polls. Principal Ben Mainka tells WHMI the students, mostly seniors with a few juniors, are all taking government classes and have been learning about the democratic process. Last year, government teachers from the high school worked to get seniors registered to vote. This year, senior Morgan Lovay says that while she is still too young to vote, she looks forward to participating in the democratic process by working at the polls. She says the instructor who trained the students to work the polls told them that more Michigan voters have registered this year than ever before and the election should be very well-attended. Lovay says getting prepared for this project has changed her by getting her to care about and pay attention to politics. (JK)
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