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Friday, 27 April 2007

Primary school children across Scotland are being encouraged to ‘take their parent to the polls’ on May 3 in a campaign to educate them about voting.

As part of the VoteScotland campaign the Electoral Commission in Scotland and 14 local authorities are highlighting changes in the law, which allow children to go with their parents or carers to polling places. Electoral information opoopfficers will also give children a sticker saying ‘I took my parent to the poll’.

The campaign aims to educate children about politics through activities set out in the ‘Democracy Cookbook’, a toolkit to help teachers and youth workers explain the elections. Primary schools will be encouraged to carry out games like ‘Single Transferable Fruit’ to introduce children to the new local government voting system. They can also visit a virtual polling place on the VoteScotland website.

“It’s important that young people are aware of how politics affects them in their everyday lives”, said Andy O’Neill, head of the Electoral Commission in Scotland. “By engaging with young people early and showing them the voting systems and process we hope to harness their interest and enthusiasm right through adult life. And, parents can help make voting even more familiar to their children by taking them to the polling place on May 3.”

Although research points to high levels of interest amongst young people in political issues only 42 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds voted in the 2003 Scottish Parliamentary election. This compares to 49 per cent of the population as a whole.
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