Poplar Bluff High School will hold mock election | Events

POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) - Poplar Bluff High School is gearing up for a mock election for President of the United States of America.

The Social Studies, Business, Math and English departments are sponsoring the mock election, a school-wide tradition for Poplar Bluff since around 1996.

Misty Crain, Kimberly White and Gail Rosmarin’s classes will cover the precincts and tally the votes.

Former PBHS graduate Mitch Davis will get the ballot boxes and voting booths from the Butler County Clerk’s Office and help throughout the day.

There will be five American government and journalism students working at each precinct. Multi-media, Microsoft CIS, journalism and applied algebra classes will use the results to compile various data for a video to be shown during advisory Monday, Nov. 5.

Polls will be open from 7:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31.

Poplar Bluff High School high school students, faculty and staff will be voting at five different precincts.

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