How to Participate & Vote in the Maine Student Mock Election
You can participate in Maine Student Mock Election by conducting a mock election at your school.
Download the School Registration Form and designate a contact person for your school. To reduce typographical errors, please submit the fillable PDF or a scan of your document that is typed, rather than handwritten.
2025 School Registration Form (PDF)
Send form to:
Email:
mockelection.sos@maine.gov
Mail:
Office of the Secretary of State
Mock Election
148 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Fax:
207-287-8598
It is not necessary for Maine Schools to register separately to participate directly with the National Student/Parent Mock Election (NSPME) via their website.
The contact person will receive all the materials needed to conduct the Student Mock Election in your school via email.
Once your contact person has the ballots, you can distribute them to students. Once the students have cast their ballots, tally up the votes.
Submit your vote totals via email any day up to and including mock election day by 5 p.m. (Email address for submission coming soon.)
The Mock Election State headquarters is expecting only one email from each school. If more than one grade or class voted at your school, please combine the results before reporting.
The Secretary of State's Office will provide vote totals to NSPME.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a cost to participate?
No, there is no cost to schools to participate.
Why should schools participate?
Participating in the Student Mock Election is an ideal opportunity to incorporate Maine Learning Results units regarding civics and government into the classroom. The mock election can be utilized to teach students about many of the areas outlined in MLR including constitutional principles and the democratic foundations of national, state, and local systems and institutions.
Students will learn how to exercise the rights and responsibilities of participation in civic life and to analyze and evaluate public policies. This understanding entails insight into political power, how it is distributed and expressed, the types and purposes of governments, and their relationships with the governed.
Do my students have to vote for each item on the ballot?
No. Simply report a zero total on your reporting form for each question that was not provided to your students.
Will the mock election ballot utilize ranked choice voting?
While the ballot will allow students to experience voting using a ranked choice ballot, only first-round votes will be reported to the state (mirroring the process for state elections conducted by RCV, in which only first-round votes are reported on Election Night). Our system for statewide student voting is not designed for tabulating ranked-choice votes. RCV simulation is not available for students at this time, though you could conduct one locally.
If you would like to review ranked-choice voting further with your students, please visit our RCV frequently asked questions page. You will find an animated video explaining the process, sample ballots and a fact sheet that you may be able to use in your classroom. The rules for conducting a ranked-choice tabulation are also available on that page if you wish to conduct your own RCV tabulating experience for students.