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Blake Students Set To Vote

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 3, 2007

TAMPA - A voter registration program targeting high school seniors netted 132 registrations recently at Blake High School.

The program is a joint effort by the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections and the county school district. Twice a year staff members from the supervisor's office visit high schools to register students.

During the first week of the drive, the registration team visited four high schools and signed up 617 students: 132 at Blake, 177 at Alonso, 113 at Armwood and 195 at Bloomingdale. By the end of October, every high school in the county will be visited.

Nearly 8,000 high school students have registered to vote since the program began in March 2006.

'Our mutual goal is to systematically educate Hillsborough County youth on the elections process and the importance of voting,' said Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson.

'I think a great deal of credit for the success of this program goes to the dedicated social studies teachers as it reflects their commitment to creating effective citizens,' said Dennis Holt, secondary education social studies supervisor for the school district.

Staff report

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