mr. dunn voted for the first time last year. we've heard that was a mistake and heard it from other candidates. i registered a voter who was 64 years old that voted for the first time in 2008. we have drive-thru voter registration and came at 11:30 at night. he said i'm in my house shoes and i really want to vote. if we can get young people to register and vote in the first time they are eligible, they are much more likely to stay committed voters and to participate. democracy is not instinctive, it has to be taught and we are not doing a good job. my focus has been on a program called -- but never with the emphasis that i n in my office. we had over 250,000 students participate in the high school mock election. this year we opened it up to middle school and now we have 602 high school and middle schools participating with over 350,000 students. it's critical because it's an opportunity to educate. by used by teachers as gets can right into the framework that they are going to be tested on. we do that around some of the live bal