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Summary: Among those eligible to vote in the United States, older people show up to vote far more than younger people. It’s a situation many schools are trying to address by getting kids interested in local elections before they are old enough to cast a ballot. To that end, students at Barstow Memorial School in Chittenden, welcomed more than a dozen candidates running for state and local office to talk about issues face to face.