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Election 2008
About Kids Voting Arizona
Kids Voting was founded in Arizona in 1988 by local businessmen in Phoenix. In 1991, Kids Voting became two separate organizations - Kids Voting Arizona and Kids Voting USA.
Kids Voting Arizona is providing the opportunity for every school in Arizona to participate in the 2008 General Election.
Cast a Ballot at Your Library!
Teens, your vote does count! Come cast your ballot for a presidential candidate at your local library as part of Kids Voting USA/Arizona.
Come to your local library between October 6 and November 4 to vote. The polls will open Monday, October 6, and stay open through the general election on November 4, when they close at 7 pm.
Who Can Vote?
Anyone in grades K-12 can vote! Kids Voting Arizona will provide students with a Voter ID card, which you'll will need to vote online, and I voted stickers.
- Beechwood, Beth. Get your vote on!.
- The students of East High must vote on whether the gym or the auditorium gets renovated, and friendships are put to the test as Troy and the Wildcats call for a new gym, while Sharpay and the Drama Club want an upgraded auditorium.
- Cabot, Meg. Princess in training.
- High school sophomore Princess Mia records in her diary her struggles with geometry, the expectations of being a college student's girlfriend, running for president of the student council, and a potential ecological disaster in her native land, Genovia.
- Franken, Al . Why not me? : the inside story of the making and the .
- The author shares his thoughts on the rise and fall of America's forty-third president, drawing on his personal campaign diaries, newspaper clippings, confidential memos, and media responses on his tumultuous 144 days as president.
- Krulik, Nancy E. How I survived middle school : Madame President.
- When Jenny's friends hear that Addie is running unopposed for sixth grade class president, they know they have to do something...and that means convincing Jenny to put her name on the ballot. If Jenny and her friends can't keep Addie from winning, the Pops will officially run the school.
- Rallison, Janette. All's fair in love, war, and high school.
- When head cheerleader Samantha Taylor does poorly on the SAT exam, she determines that her only hope for college admission is to win the election for student body president, but her razor wit and acid tongue make her better suited to dishing out insults than winning votes.
- Broderick, Matthew, Witherspoon, Reese, Payne, Alexander, Taylor, Jim. , Berger, Albert. , Perrotta, Tom [Editors]. Election [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents .
- Tracy Flick (Witherspoon), a straight-A go-getter is determined to be president of Carver High's student body. Popular teacher Jim McAllister (Broderick) decides to derail Tracy's obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate. Mr. M. never imagines that stopping Tracy is like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube.
- Bader, Diedrich. Napoleon Dynamite [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight .
- Napoleon spends his days drawing mythical beasts, duking it out with his older brother, Kip, and trying to avoid his scheming Uncle Rico. When two new friends enter Napoleon's life--shy Deb and mustachioed Pedro--the trio launches a campaign to elect Pedro for class president
Fiction
- Wilson, Mike. The election process.
- Articles discuss the pros and cons of the issue, asking questions (Is the election process meaningful?/Is the election process fair and inclusive?/How can the election process be improved?) while useful charts, graphs, color photos, and cartoons illustrate each article.
- Wells, Catherine. Political profiles: John McCain.
- Profiles the Arizona senator and former prisoner of war who has twice run for the presidency of the United States, once in 2000 and again in 2008.
- Halpin, Mikki. It's your world--if you don't like it, change it: activism for teenagers.
- A guide to becoming politically active for teens includes youth activists resources, contact lists for local and national governments, information on the presidential election, various success stories, and more.
- Burlingame, Jeff. Hillary Clinton: a life in politics.
- Provides a look at the political life of this First Lady turned U.S. Senator.
- Davis, William. Barack Obama: the politics of hope.
- The Harvard Law School graduate, legislator, and civil rights lawyer who is running for President.
- Declare yourself: speak, connect, act, vote: more than 50 celebrated Americans tell you why.
- Discusses why voting matters and why you should get involved with politics at school and your community.
- Panchyk, Richard. Our Supreme Court: a history with 14 activities.
- Activity book for young readers on how the Supreme Court works, organized by the principles of the Constitution.
- O'Connor, Sandra Day, Breyer, Stephen G. [Editors]. Our Constitution [videorecording]: a conversation /.
- U.S. Supreme Court Justices speak with Philadelphia area high school students in Washington, D.C. about the significance of the judiciary and the ways that independence is protected by the Constitution.
- Haesly, Richard [Ed]. Women's suffrage.
- A collection of eyewitness accounts, narratives, and personal experiences exploring the struggle to obtain voting rights for women.