The 2008 Mock Election will be held on Oct. 30, 2008 – five days before the general election. Students of all ages from kindergarten through high school and their parents and grandparents are invited to participate. In 2004, the last presidential election year, over 4 million students, parents and teachers participated in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and 14 countries/territories around the world where Americans have schools. More than 40 million have participated since the project began.

The Mock Election is run by a nationwide network of volunteer state and school district coordinators including the League of Women Voters, educators, public officials and others who put hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours into the project. The National Student/Parent Mock Election is a nonprofit organization.