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About 75 Churchill County High School seniors learned about the presidential caucus process on Tuesday in the high school cafeteria.
The Churchill County Democrats were in charge of holding the mock caucus with the high school seniors.
Cynthia Trigg of the Churchill County Democrats told the students that most of them will be 18 or older by November of next year and will be allowed to vote for the next president.
"We are going to learn, but we are going to have fun, too," Trigg told the students. "Your voice counts. I am sure most of you will be 18 by Nov. 4, 2008."
She said regardless of party affiliation, each and every student vote counts.
"You will have the opportunity to pick the candidate that will do the best for your future," she said.
The mock caucus did not list any presidential candidates and instead referred to types of pizzas as the selections. The types of pizza students had to choose from were pepperoni, cheese, pizza with everything, anchovies and undecided.
"I hope all of you will go caucusing," Trigg said, adding the only requirements are age and knowing where to report.
The Churchill County Democratic Caucus is at 11 a.m. Jan. 19 at the fairgrounds. Nevada's Republican caucus is also Jan. 19. Voters have to register in their respective parties to participate.
Students from teachers Jeanette Strong and Kelly Frost's classes received slips of paper as they entered the cafeteria. The slips of paper had the numbers 1 through 4 on them, representing the precinct students would be in for the exercise.
The precincts then met and want over what pizzas should receive nominations. The precincts elected the delegates, and the delegates had the opportunity to try to convince undecided voters to switch over to their pizzas. The undecided voters remained undecided.
The precincts also picked students to give short speeches on their candidates and/or pizzas, and why they should receive the nomination.
Shane Groover, a CCHS senior, said he was looking forward to the election because he will be old enough to vote.
"I think it is interesting. I got to help choose the nomination," he said of the mock exercise. "I kind of learned how delegates are chosen with the math."
Maggie Nelson, another high school senior, said she enjoyed learning how the Nevada caucus works.
"I knew there were different precincts, but I did not know there were different stages," she said.
Nelson said the mock caucus has encouraged her to take part in the actual event in January.
Alicia Perazzo, a high school senior who is a Republican, said she now knows how the process works. She said did not know how the process worked before taking part in the mock caucus exercise.
"We were organized into different groups and got to voice opinions and elect delegates," she said.
Trigg said the delegates who were elected - if it was an actual caucus - would go to the county convention to represent their precincts.
She asked the students to consider taking part in the process in January.
Trigg added that the students could volunteer to be temporary caucus chairpersons. Before being allowed to run a precinct meeting on Jan. 19, they would have to attend a two-hour training exercise this fall.
"Talk to your neighbors and friends about the caucus and how they can participate," she said.
The Churchill County Democrats were in charge of holding the mock caucus with the high school seniors.
Cynthia Trigg of the Churchill County Democrats told the students that most of them will be 18 or older by November of next year and will be allowed to vote for the next president.
"We are going to learn, but we are going to have fun, too," Trigg told the students. "Your voice counts. I am sure most of you will be 18 by Nov. 4, 2008."
She said regardless of party affiliation, each and every student vote counts.
"You will have the opportunity to pick the candidate that will do the best for your future," she said.
The mock caucus did not list any presidential candidates and instead referred to types of pizzas as the selections. The types of pizza students had to choose from were pepperoni, cheese, pizza with everything, anchovies and undecided.
"I hope all of you will go caucusing," Trigg said, adding the only requirements are age and knowing where to report.
The Churchill County Democratic Caucus is at 11 a.m. Jan. 19 at the fairgrounds. Nevada's Republican caucus is also Jan. 19. Voters have to register in their respective parties to participate.
Students from teachers Jeanette Strong and Kelly Frost's classes received slips of paper as they entered the cafeteria. The slips of paper had the numbers 1 through 4 on them, representing the precinct students would be in for the exercise.
The precincts then met and want over what pizzas should receive nominations. The precincts elected the delegates, and the delegates had the opportunity to try to convince undecided voters to switch over to their pizzas. The undecided voters remained undecided.
The precincts also picked students to give short speeches on their candidates and/or pizzas, and why they should receive the nomination.
Shane Groover, a CCHS senior, said he was looking forward to the election because he will be old enough to vote.
"I think it is interesting. I got to help choose the nomination," he said of the mock exercise. "I kind of learned how delegates are chosen with the math."
Maggie Nelson, another high school senior, said she enjoyed learning how the Nevada caucus works.
"I knew there were different precincts, but I did not know there were different stages," she said.
Nelson said the mock caucus has encouraged her to take part in the actual event in January.
Alicia Perazzo, a high school senior who is a Republican, said she now knows how the process works. She said did not know how the process worked before taking part in the mock caucus exercise.
"We were organized into different groups and got to voice opinions and elect delegates," she said.
Trigg said the delegates who were elected - if it was an actual caucus - would go to the county convention to represent their precincts.
She asked the students to consider taking part in the process in January.
Trigg added that the students could volunteer to be temporary caucus chairpersons. Before being allowed to run a precinct meeting on Jan. 19, they would have to attend a two-hour training exercise this fall.
"Talk to your neighbors and friends about the caucus and how they can participate," she said.
