News & Events 2004-2005

Blair Community Members Cast “Mock” Votes

Traffic in Clinton Hall was heavier than usual, as students, faculty and administration clamored to cast their vote for the next President of the United States in Blair’s mock election. History teacher Dave Vachris explained just how the school elections work. “Blair has created a two-tier voting system – popular and electoral. In regard to the Electoral College, we will treat separate dormitories, faculty and day students as individual states. The candidate who wins the majority of the popular votes in a particular dormitory will win all of that dorm’s electoral votes.”

Headmaster Chan Hardwick reported on November 3: “In the Blair student mock election, Kerry and Bush ended up in a near dead heat in the raw vote, with Bush winning in the electoral vote count. However, when faculty votes were added to the election, Kerry won a close race.”

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