These are held during the spring semester and take place in as many dioceses as time and personnel will allow. Any student thinking about running for a student council office from grades 5 through 8 is invited to attend.

Students are helped to determine the qualities and responsibilities of a leader. They are given guidelines to assist them in deciding which office they want to hold, and they are given instruction in running an effective campaign.

Advisors and those students in charge of running elections are taught how to make the Electoral Process in their schools a real lesson in democracy and responsible citizenship.

Election Workshop Syllabus

Deciding on an office Identifying campaign issues Creating a slogan Putting together "the speech" Qualities of a leader Organizing school elections Campaign rules Petitions for office Campaign week and final elections Assemblies and candidate speeches The voting process

Organizing a campaign Taking out a petition to run for office Developing campaign literature Qualifications and responsibilities Time and effort required to get elected and stay in office Voter registration Qualification and job descriptions Primary elections Free speech areas Creating the ballot Tallying the votes and announcing the results