![]() By Alejandro Rodriguez On February 24, 2015 the mayoral election was held for the City of Chicago. There were numerous polling places for different wards in the city for the people to go vote. The people who ran and are in charge of the polling place are referred to as election judges. These judges are selected by the Board of Elections and are required to go to a training class to learn how to run the equipment, how to find registered voters, and how to submit votes. 100 students at Hubbard were selected to be election judges and were also paid to serve as judges. Anthony Rojas ,Div. 503, said, “The best part was probably getting paid and the food they fed us, it was really good.” The worst part, according to Anthony, “Probably waking up early. I had to wake up at 3:00 a.m. and I was so sleepy.” When asked if he would repeat the experience as an election judge for the run-off election, Anthony answered , “Of course! It’s a great experience to be one and it also teaches you a lot about voting and also how to deal with voters.” The election is very important and being an election judge is a big responsibility and requires patience. To those of you who are 18 years old, register yourself to vote, find out your polling place, and go and vote. Everyone’s vote counts.
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