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barbie
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getting youth excited about voting
April 27, 2007 - 09:57 AM
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i live in ontario [a province in canada] where we will have a referendum this fall regarding our voting system. the way it works now is that a party does not necessarily need anything close to a majority in order to run the government.
i am part of an organization called youth for fair vote, and this summer we'll be launching a campaign to get youth informed about this issue, and to persuade them that they have a responsibility to voice their opinion.
so my question is, do you have any ideas on how we could do that? any approaches that would get the youth interested and help them see the responsibility? what have you used in your youth-targeted campaigns or projects?
thank you very much for your help.
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Prince Charles Jiduwah
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Re: getting youth excited about voting
April 28, 2007 - 12:43 AM
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A report by Manchester University into young people's attitudes to voting was published. A team from its Department of Government, led by Dr Andrew Russell, looks at the reasons for voting and abstaining, young people's attitudes towards elections, parties and politics.
The UK-wide report Voter engagement and young people highlights the fact that lack of information is often a problem, particularly for young people living in constituencies with safe seats, where parties see little incentive in engaging with the electorate. In addition, the quality of information is often problematic, with attempts by political parties to engage young people seen as inadequate, and tarred with the same brush as the party politics which repel them in the first place.
Dr Andrew Russell, author of the Voter engagement and young people report says 'Lack of knowledge effectively bars many young people from voting. Unless they happen to live in highly contested constituencies they are likely to receive far less information about the election than they anticipated. Many are simply not being informed about what they are expected to vote for.'
In Spring 2002 The Electoral Commission launched the Votes are power campaign. The slogan 'Who controls who?' challenged young people to use the ballot box to take charge of politics and ensure issues they care about are pushed onto the political agenda. A bus roadshow took teams from The Electoral Commission to Manchester University and the town centre to speak to young people and encourage them to use their vote, to air their views about politics and consider the relevance of local issues to them.
This post was edited on: 2007-04-28 at 12:44 AM by: kashboy
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