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Mayer said she has heard from other parents thanking them for creating a way to help explain the election to kids, and to start a dialogue about the voting process and the candidates.

Mac plans to announce the winners of his kids' election via a video on his kids' voting booth's Facebook page once all the votes are counted, even the absentee ballots that may come in later, according to Mayer.

\"I’m glad he’s getting something positive out of it because this whole election season has been really hard and the dialogue around it has been hard,\" said Mayer. \"So it’s really nice to see that he is able to have fun with it and have it be something that he enjoys.\"

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