Internet Webcast of Michigan Mock Elections through Michigan Live Events.com November 2nd, 2006

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Leland, MI – Nov 1, 2006 – On Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 Leland School will host candidates for state and national office and hundreds of students for the only webcast student mock election and rally in the United States.At 9:00 AM EST the MichiganLiveEvents.com service in association with Absolute Michigan will broadcast the entire event LIVE over the internet, broadcast starts at 9AM Nov. 2nd -

on MichiganLiveEvents.com and at http://www.absolutemichigan.com.For the past twenty years, northern Michigan’s Leland High School government class has been hosting a rally and mock election. Between the first day of school and the day of the election, students in Leland’s government class work diligently on completing the project, managing their work through student-directed committees that handle everything from signs and decorations to creating video ads, designing ballots and delivering speeches on behalf of their chosen candidate.Each year the event has been expanded and improved and this year, in addition to being the statewide headquarters for the National Student/Parent Mock Election, Leland will be the only location to broadcast candidate and student speeches, interviews, student voting and associated hoopla live over the internet.