DoubleClick Democracy Teacher Instructions

For the September 20 vote for the Local Option Sales Tax for Education or ELOST, Bibb County will be participating in a Kids Voting USA online voting project. Students will have an opportunity to cast their vote with an online ballot. Unique features of this system include:

• For security, each student has an individual Student Voting Number.

• Students can access the ballot from any computer with Internet access.

• The ballot mirrors the official adult ballot.

• Results will be posted online for students to view with their parents.

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The ballot has one question:

Shall a special one percent sales tax be imposed to

build and repair schools in Bibb County?

YES NO

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Teacher's Roles and Responsibilities

Step 1: Registration and Student Voting Numbers - Begins Tuesday

September 6 th .

To register and obtain Student Voting Numbers go to: www.doubleclickdemocracy.org/kvbibb/teacher
Click on “New Teacher Registration” then enter your school's zip code.
Follow the instructions to register your class.
Enter the number of students in your class. Please provide us with an accurate number of students. You will be sent 20% extra Student Voting numbers for new students or lost numbers. You may re-enter the system to request additional voting numbers for a class previously registered, register another class and/or download voting numbers you have already requested.
Student Voting Numbers will be automatically emailed to you.
Print two copies – enlarge one set to cut up and distribute to the students and on the other write down the name of the student assigned to each number.
If you teach different grades, register each grade separately. First register one grade then, using “Request Additional Voting Numbers”, add the other grades.
If you teach a class with more than 200 students, first register for 200 students, then using “Request Additional Voting Numbers”, add the numbers for the remaining students.
If you teach the same grade at different schools, register only once and request numbers for all students.

Step 2: Provide opportunity for students to vote.

To access the ballot, students will need:

1. Student Voting Number

2. For this vote we will designate our Congressional District Number as 1

Distribute Student Voting Numbers at the beginning of the official voting period.
Voting period begins Monday, September 13 th at 7:00 am.
Voting closes Tuesday, September 20 th at 7:00 pm.
Students go to: www.kidsvotingbibb.org
Students click on the DoubleClick Democracy icon and then the “Vote Here” button.
Students should enter Congressional District number 1.
To record their votes, students click the green “Vote” box at the end of their ballot. Once they click “Vote” their Student Voting Number is used and no longer valid. They will not be able to access the system again with that number.

If students have not clicked the “Vote” box, and exit the ballot, they may re-enter and start again with the same voting number.

Step 3: Encourage students and parents to view voting results.

Go to: www.kidsvotingbibb.org
Click the DoubleClick Democracy button, then click the “Results” button to access the results.

Help Desk - If you have any questions, please contact:

Marty Koplin, Kids Voting Georgia/Bibb County: 478-621-6622 ext. 17 or mkoplin@kidsvotingbibb.org