NEWS

   2012 Presidental Mock Election

Oct. 31
LOUISIANA STUDENT "MOCK ELECTION" RESULTS TO BE ANNOUNCED THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1

Oct. 25
STUDENT VOTING BEGINS FOR LOUISIANA'S 2012 PRESIDENTIAL MOCK ELECTION

2013 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice

The Secretary of State's Voter Outreach Division is pleased to announce that it will once again partner with the State Library of Louisiana by providing electronic voting machines for students around the state to cast their vote for their favorite book. The Secretary of State's Office believes that this is an excellent civic and educational opportunity for our youth.

• Voting machines will be available from Wednesday, Jan. 9 2013 to Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013.
• Please submit your request for voting machines NO LATER THAN Dec. 10, 2012.
• Votes for 2013 LYRC must be submitted by Feb. 1, 2013.

• must read three or more titles on the list;
• must live in Louisiana;
• must be in grades 3-5 or in grades 6-8 (or equivalent); and
• each student may vote only once and vote for only one book. 

• must read two or more titles on the list;
• must live in Louisiana;
• must be in grades 9-12 (or equivalent); and
• each student may vote only once and vote for only one book. 

If you wish to reserve a voting machine for your school or library, please contact:

Naomi Clarke
Assistant Director of Voter Outreach
225.362.5150
225.932.5397 Fax

outreach@sos.la.gov

Should you have any questions or comments regarding the LYRC program, please direct them to Angela Germany at the State Library of Louisiana at agermany@slol.lib.la.us or 225.342.4931.