Well, the voice of the small people has spoken and overwhelmingly they have elected my oldest daughter (D1) to the role of Secretary. Yay!She beat out two challengers. No acceptance or other speeches unfortunately. She did offer me a brownie that she got from school today though; perhaps that was part of the reward for achieving office!

I am pretty sure it must have been a bit due to name recognition (siblings in other grades sometimes proves an advantage) but perhaps the lack of having to have a running mate actually helped in this election rather than hinder (I hate to think what would have happened if she picked a sibling for a running mate!). And more importantly she now has found out what the role of Secretary actually entails. "I have to write stuff down" she told me.

It's a start in politics!