KEYE News interviewed three students, seniors Meikel Camacho, Elizabeth Alderson and Katia Turner, who have worked as election clerks for its Oct. 31 morning newscast. “I think it’s great that students want to be involved and KEYE recognizes that,” Economics teacher Iris Castillo said.

Election clerks are paid positions in which students 16 years or older have an excused absence from school to help with voting.

The questions consisted of how is working in the polls, how is voting-for those Mavericks eligible to vote, if any procedures seemed odd, what do they say to people at the polls, how they would influence people to vote, and why they decided to apply for this job.

“It’s a nice experience,” Camacho said. “It’s nice to see how everything works together.”

Election clerks must go through training before they are placed at specific positions such as checking in voters, monitoring machines, assisting voters in the voting process, and making sure all voters are following the rules. Judges at the voting locations, who serve as the student elections clerks’ bosses, determine the position the students are to take the day they actually assist voters.

Although this is the first job for some, students are also participating because they want to be a part of the 2016 election, which is going to be a historical event. The students wish to learn from the experiences.

Eight other students applied and received the job; these students are seniors Saffana Velji, Angela Speirs, Briana Ochoa, Rosa Camacho, Angela McMillian, McKenna Chandler and Andrea Fearon, and junior Kenzie Fiske.

The link to KEYE’s feature is: http://keyetv.com/news/local/cool-at-school-mcneil-high-students-working-elections