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Click here to view results Toronto, ON (October 25, 2010) - To mark the 2010 municipal and school board elections, students across the province have participated in a parallel election run by Student Vote in partnership with Local Government Week and the Ontario Government. The goal of the program is to provide young people under the voting age with an opportunity to experience the democratic process firsthand and practice the responsibilities of informed citizenship. More than 1500 schools from 255 municipalities signed up to participate in Student Vote's first-ever Ontario Municipal and School Board Election program. Registered schools received free educational resources and electoral supplies to use during the course of the campaign. After studying the democratic process, local candidates and party platforms, schools conducted their own parallel election on local election candidates. More than 375,000 votes were cast for mayor, council and school board trustees across the province. Taylor Gunn, Chief Election Officer, said this morning, "Student Vote is delighted with the turnout for its first ever Ontario Municipal and School Board Election program. Despite the complexity of local elections, teachers have risen to the challenge and provided a great experience for their students. We have been told that participating students were more informed about the election than their parents." The Student Vote results will be available at 8:00pm on www.studentvote.ca/2010results . For real- time release of results this evening: www.twitter.com/studentvote www.facebook.com/studentvote Student Vote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works with educators to engage young Canadians in the democratic process. Since 2003, two million students across Canada have participated in Student Vote parallel election projects. The Ontario Public School Boards' Association partnered with Student Vote to empower the next generation to acquire the knowledge and habits of democratic citizenship. Local Government Week is an annual school-focused campaign to celebrate the important role municipal governments play in shaping our communities. It is a project of the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario and it is supported by both the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario .

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