In 1980, the NBC Parent Participation TV Workshop held the first National Student/Parent Mock Election. Through its success the National Student/Parent Mock Election became a separate nonprofit, nonpartisan organization in 1982. The 1982 Mock Election had over 250,000 participants. This grew to 3.5 million participants in 1988 and as many as 5 million in 1992.
Famous quotes containing the words national, student, parent, mock and/or election:
“Mr. Speaker, at a time when the nation is again confronted with necessity for calling its young men into service in the interests of National Security, I cannot see the wisdom of denying our young women the opportunity to serve their country.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“A black sun has appeared in the sky of my motherland.”
—Wuer Kaixi, Chinese student leader. Quoted in Independent (London, June 29, 1989)
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—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)