By Elise Garcia

Senior Catherine Stack was in art class when she received her neon yellow ballot. As she filled in the circle marked “Romney/Ryan,” she looked forward to seeing the results of the student mock election.

“It’s interesting to see how the student body votes because our opinions will shape the future of America,” Stack said.

On October 30, Law Review sponsored a mock election. President Barack Obama won with 70 percent of the votes.

“Many students feel like they don’t have a say because they’re underage,” freshman Hosanna Yemiru said. “The mock elections made me feel like at least I’m involved in the election somehow.”

Law Review sponsor Alexis Stern said that this mock election is good practice for future voters.

“The students need to have a voice.” Stern said. “We need to educate them about what it means to participate, what duty it entails, and also how easy it is.”

In addition to organizing the mock election, Law Review students helped to register voters and volunteered for campaigns during this election season.

“I think students should be as politically active as they can be,” Law Review president Jackie Chao said. “Politicians usually ignore the students, because they know they can’t go out there and vote. They think the younger generation doesn’t care. If students would just be more active about it, we would be more progressive as a country.”

History teacher Jean Chapman said she hopes the mock election encouraged students to get informed on issues that will affect them in the upcoming years.

“Students are the future of America, so it’s important that they understand current events that are going on which will affect them in the next ten years,” history teacher Jean Chapman said. “It’s good to know where students stand when it comes to who should be president.”