17.4.4 Ngā Pōti ā-Taiohi (Youth Voting)

 

1. Auckland Council runs a Youth Voting programme which falls into the wider remit of the Voter Participation Initiative, to encourage and boost civic participation in ways that are innovative, wide-reaching and fit for purpose. Further, it also seeks to foster long-term behavioural and intergenerational voter participation change. This gives young people aged 11 to 15 (school years 7 to 10) the opportunity to experience an election first-hand.

2. Students learn about Auckland Council, why voting is important and how elections work. At the end of the programme, they vote for real candidates on real issues and then they see how their results compare to the official election results.

3. In the 2016 election year, Auckland Council received a record number of registrations with more than 11,500 students taking part from 55 schools. The council plans to run more of these programmes in future election years.

4. During the 2019 election year, more than 12,000 students from more than 70 schools participated in the Youth Voting initiative.

 

 

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