Romney Carries River Valley School by Two Votes
Narrow margin separates candidates in mock election at River Valley School.
Who says your vote doesn’t count? Gov. Mitt Romney squeaked past President Obama by two votes in a mock election at River Valley School Tuesday. Students cast their votes in a mock Presidential election in which third-graders chose Barack Obama 51 to 49 percent, while fourth-grade voters picked Mitt Romney by approximately the same percentage. But when actual votes by both grades were combined, the totals broke down to 49.8 percent for Obama and 50.2 percent for Romney, giving the win to the former governor of Massachusetts. Like their adult counterparts, the young voters stood in line, checked in with a fellow student who served as an election judge, then sat in a voting booth and made their choices electronically. One third-grade student…
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Linda Ozbolt
5:28 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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