<div dir="ltr">Hi, <div><br></div><div>Below you will find the results of the 2017-2018 Policy Voting. Education Reform and Energy Policy are the final two choices. Later this semester, we will send out a vote for the community to participate in.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:49 PM Angela Hays <<a href="mailto:AHays@nfhs.org">AHays@nfhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<span class="m_4984395584272905319MessageHeaderLabel gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="gmail_msg">From:</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="gmail_msg"> James Weaver<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></span></p>
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<span class="m_4984395584272905319MessageHeaderLabel gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="gmail_msg">Subject:</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="gmail_msg"> Announcement of 2017-2018 National High School Debate Topic Finalists
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<span class="m_4984395584272905319MessageHeaderLabel gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="gmail_msg">Date:</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="gmail_msg"> October 27, 2016<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></span></p>
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<a name="m_4984395584272905319_OLE_LINK2" class="gmail_msg"></a><a name="m_4984395584272905319_OLE_LINK3" class="gmail_msg"></a><a name="m_4984395584272905319_OLE_LINK4" class="gmail_msg"></a><a name="m_4984395584272905319_OLE_LINK1" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="gmail_msg">Below
are the results from the first round of balloting of topic areas for the 2017-2018 national high school policy debate topic. Ballots were sent to all 50 states, the National Speech and Debate Association, National Debate Coaches Association and the National
Catholic Forensic League in August. States conducted balloting in September and October. Results were sent to the NFHS by October 21, 2016.<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></span></span></span></span></a></p>
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<span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="gmail_msg">Two final topics, Energy Policy and Education Reform,
were selected as the favorites.<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="gmail_msg">Attached is a new ballot that solicits responses
to the two final resolutions. Please allow several weeks for discussion on this ballot. Your office should conduct another vote during November and December.
<i class="gmail_msg">Please send your final tally to the NFHS <u class="gmail_msg">by January 6, 2017</u>.</i> We will announce the favored topic and resolution on January 10 on the NFHS Website (</span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.nfhs.org" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="gmail_msg">www.nfhs.org</span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"></span></span></span></span></a><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="gmail_msg">)
and, by email to state associations.<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="gmail_msg">The 2017 Topic Selection Meeting will be held in
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