Welcome to Kids Voting Massachusetts!

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Kids Voting Massachusetts is a private, non-profit, nonpartisan, grassroots-driven 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to:

• educating youth about the importance of an informed electorate and sustaining democracy through voting
• increasing adult voter turnout now and in the future.

Through the use of an approved curriculum, children in grades K-12 learn about the electoral process and the importance of voting. What makes the Kids Voting program unique is that on Election Day, the children actually accompany their parents to the polls and vote using Kids Voting ballots at Kids Voting polling booths.

The City of Quincy first participated in Kids Voting in 1995. Plymouth joined the Kids Voting Program in 1996. Kids Voting Massachusetts then expanded to Stoughton (1998), Springfield (1999) and was present in 2000 in Quincy, Plymouth, Stoughton, Springfield, Randolph, Richmond, Brewster, Chatham, Eastham, Orleans, Truro, Wellfleet and Boston.

In Election Year 2002 Kids Voting Massachusetts conducted programs in the cities of Boston, Quincy, Springfield, and our newest affiliate, the City of Peabody! In addition, four new towns on Cape Cod (Harwich, Provincetown, Dennis and Yarmouth) as well as the towns of Plymouth, Richmond and Stoughton! Over 134,000 Massachusetts students in grades K-12.

For more information on the Kids Voting program, please contact Dr. Michael Hannahan, Chair, Kids Voting Massachusetts.

October 8, 2002