Monday, March 23, 2009 at the Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University
http://pleasevoteforme.org/

The photographs in this gallery were taken by a local, Port Jefferson, NY, photographer
Drew A. Pantino, Eye Scar Photography, Inc < http://www.eyescarphotography.com/ >
Drew owns copyright and all rights to these photographs.

Quoting the program: "Is democracy a universal value that suits human nature? Do elections inevitably lead
to manipulation? Please Vote for Me is a portrait of a society and a town seen through a school, its children and its families.

Wuhan is a city about the size of London located in central China. It is here that director Weijun Chen has
conducted an experiment in democracy. A Grade 3 class at Evergreen Primary School has their first en-
counter with democracy by holding an election to select a Class Monitor. Eight-year-olds compete against
each other for the coveted position, abetted and egged on by teachers and doting parents.

Elections in China take place only within the Communist Party, but recently millions of Chinese voted in
their version of Pop Idol. The purpose of Weijun Chen’s experiment is to determine how democracy would
be received if it came to China."

Special Guest Speaker
Marsha Laufer, Chair, Brookhaven Democratic Committee