Update: Results of mock elections at Mt. Blue Middle School

Update: Results of the mock election at Mt. Blue Middle School show that the majority of students chose Paul LePage as their governor and reelected U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud. They also overwhelmingly supported a casino in Oxford, narrowly passed dental clinic funding and approved funding for land conservation. Complete results below.
FARMINGTON – Ballot clerks reported a heavy turnout when the Blue Middle School polls opened at 8 a.m. this morning.

After registering to vote last week, the seventh- and eighth-grade students lined up before class to have their say in the state’s Special Mock Election. Volunteer student-clerks asked voters for their name and after checking it off their list, handed a ballot to each voter. Voters then went to their community’s voting booth and made their choices.

Thousands of students across Maine today will be deciding the next governor, their district’s representative to the U.S. Congress and three statewide referendum questions, just as voters will be next Tuesday at the polls.

Saddleback Community’s Social Studies teacher Rebecca Roy, an organizer of the school’s student mock election, said she has spent a lot of time preparing her students to make an informed choice at the polls today.

“The students researched the campaigns, made campaign posters and debates were held,” Roy said. “It got the kids thinking about it and sparked interest.” Roy also encouraged her students to talk with their families about the candidates, the issues and the referendum questions.

The number of Mt. Blue Middle School students registering last week in order to vote in the mock election today were 225 of 366 total. Polls close at 1 p.m. and results will be submitted for inclusion in the statewide totals.

“The kids are excited about seeing the results,” Roy said between classes.

Editor’s note: The complete results are as follows:

Race for Governor: Congress District 2:
Other – 7 Other – 6
Scott – 22 Levesque – 74
Moody – 23 MIchaud – 102
Cutler – 38
Mitchell – 39
LePage – 83

Question 1 (Casino): Yes 130 No 76
Question 2 (Dental Care): Yes 106 No 101
Question 3 (Land Conservation): Yes 114 No 91

The Official Mock Election Ballot
Governor, Vote for One:
Cutler, Eliot R. Cape Elizabeth Independent
LePage, Paul R. Waterville Republican
Mitchell, Elizabeth Libby Vassalboro Democrat
Moody, Shawn H. Gorham Independent
Scott, Kevin L. Andover Independent
…………………………………………………….. Write­in

Representative to Congress District 2, Vote for ONE:
Levesque, Jason J. Auburn Republican
Republican Michaud, Michael H. East Millinocket Democrat
……………………………………………Write­in

On the Official Mock Election Referendum Ballot:

Question One: Citizen Initiative

Do you want to allow a casino with table games and slot machines at a single site in
Oxford County, subject to local approval, with part of the profits going to specific
state, local and tribal programs?
NO
YES

Question Two: Bond Issue

Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue to be awarded on a competitive basis to
increase access to dental care in Maine, $3,500,000 to be used for a community-
based teaching dental clinic affiliated with or operated by a college of dental
medicine to be matched by $3,500,000 in other funds, and $1,500,000 to be used to
create or upgrade community-based health and dental care clinics across the State
to increase their capacity as teaching and dental clinics?
NO
YES

Question Three: Bond Issue

Do you favor a $9,750,000 bond issue to invest in land conservation and working
waterfront preservation and to preserve parks to be matched by $9,250,000 in
federal and other funds?
NO
YES