Chicago high school students cast ballots in 'Parade to the Polls'
CHICAGO -- Some Chicago high school students got the chance Tuesday to bring their civics lessons out of the classroom and into the real world.They headed downtown to the early voting supersite, at 191 N. Clark St., to cast their ballots for the Illinois primary election.It was all part of an event called 'Parade to the Polls.
'The event was organized by the Mikva Challenge's Elections in Action program, which teaches students about researching candidates and the voting process.'Today is about bringing some of the lessons that they did in the classroom with the students, and bringing them here to the polling place,' said Carla Rubalcava, managing director of Illinois programs for the Mikva Challenge.There are several more Parade to the Polls events before the March 19 primary next week.
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