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Ridge youths help out at the polls

By Paul Wellersdick
Article Launched: 02/07/2008 01:00:00 AM PST

Young poll workers on the Ridge breathed life into California's first February Presidential Primary Election on Super Tuesday. Ashley Hedge, 23, is a senior at Chico State. This year was her fifth time working at the voting polls. She started when her government teacher at Paradise High School suggested she work the polls to get an idea of how the election process works.

Being a student poll worker has gone over well with voters, she said. "People like young people working here," she said. Young poll workers also attract younger voters.

"Yeah, your friends come to see you and they vote," she said.

MTV has also been responsible for attracting the next generation of voters with its "Rock the Vote," Hedge said. Being young and understanding computers helped Hedge to work with her older colleagues and fellow voters, she said.

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