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§21071 National Student and Parent Mock Election

Title 52 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Voting Assistance and Election Administration › Chapter 209— ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter II— COMMISSION › Part D— Election Assistance › Subpart 6— national student and parent mock election › § 21071

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Election Assistance Commission may give grants to the National Student and Parent Mock Election, a nonpartisan nonprofit, to run voter education for students and parents. Grants can fund a mock national election held at least 5 days before the vote that includes people from all 50 States, U.S. territories, DC, and U.S. schools overseas. Activities include forums, debates, contests, weekly campaign tracking, and local turnout work (newsletters, posters, phone chains, transportation). It must give awards for outstanding projects.

Title 52, §21071

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(a)The Election Assistance Commission is authorized to award grants to the National Student and Parent Mock Election, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to promote voter participation in American elections to enable it to carry out voter education activities for students and their parents. Such activities may—

(1)include simulated national elections at least 5 days before the actual election that permit participation by students and parents from each of the 50 States in the United States, its territories, the District of Columbia, and United States schools overseas; and

(2)consist of—

(A)school forums and local cable call-in shows on the national issues to be voted upon in an “issues forum”;

(B)speeches and debates before students and parents by local candidates or stand-ins for such candidates;

(C)quiz team competitions, mock press conferences, and speech writing competitions;

(D)weekly meetings to follow the course of the campaign; or

(E)school and neighborhood campaigns to increase voter turnout, including newsletters, posters, telephone chains, and transportation.

(b)The National Student and Parent Mock Election shall present awards to outstanding student and parent mock election projects.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 15471 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§21071 National Student and Parent Mock Election

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Title 52, §21071

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