As senior Matt Aaker thinks about the upcoming election, he said he is excited about having an impact on the outcome. Aaker said he believes everyone’s individual vote is important and people should take advantage of the opportunity to make a difference.

“It is important to vote because (the fact) that we are able to at all is a great thing to have opportunity-wise, and we should because it’s important,” Aaker said.

According to Principal Scott Meyers, the high school will be open as a Presidential Election polling site tomorrow, Nov. 8.

Meyers said he does not expect the election to affect students during the school day and hopes to have as few interruptions as possible.

“I want to make sure that the students have as normal of a day as possible and that student safety is going to be my main concern, so the city said ‘we’ll take care of the voters,’” Meyers said.

According to Meyers, the Main Gym will be the primary polling area at the high school, and voters should enter through the Dakota Foyer doors or the District Office doors.

“(Entrance) will be mostly in the Dakota Foyers. That’s where we are going to make our main entrance so there is going to be a sign,” Meyers said. “Anybody else entering should be in the District Office doors.”

Junior Jacob Riley said voting carries significance because people need to have a say in who gets chosen for governmental and leadership roles.

“It’s a privilege we get in this country that some people don’t have in other countries around the world,” Riley said. “It’s important to vote because it’s the people who make the laws and rules that rule your life.”

Meyers said students should be aware that the polls will be open at the high school during the entirety of the school day. Additionally, he said he hopes most voter traffic will occur before and after school hours.

“The polls open at 7 (a.m.) and then they go through the evening. So, it will be pretty much the entire day for students,” Meyers said. “My guess is the busiest times are going to be, I’m hoping, before students are here and right after students are here.”

Riley said the unclarity of the registering process seems as though it might be stopping people.

“I think (registering) would (stop people), but I’m not entirely informed on what that process looks like, but I can see how that would be a hinderance from what I do know,” Riley said, “If I was (of age to vote) for every election I would, so I don’t know why somebody wouldn’t vote.”