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B.C. student groups seek to raise turnout for provincial election
Campus groups are pushing their peers to make it to the polls for British Columbia's May 9 election, warning that typically low turnout among young voters could make it easier for politicians to ignore them and the issues affecting their lives.Voters younger than 35 tend to have the lowest turnout in Canadian elections and B.C.'s last election was no exception. Fewer than half of registered voters aged 18 to 24 participated in 2013, while fewer than 40 per cent of those aged 25 to 34 voted. And those numbers were worse than the two previous elections.To address these low numbers, the...…Campus groups are pushing their peers to make it to the polls for British Columbia's May 9 election, warning that typically low turnout among young voters could make it easier for politicians to ignore them and the issues affecting their lives.Voters younger than 35 tend to have the lowest turnout in Canadian elections and B.C.'s last election was no exception. Fewer than half of registered voters aged 18 to 24 participated in 2013, while fewer than 40 per cent of those aged 25 to 34 voted. And those numbers were worse than the two previous elections.To address these low numbers, the...WW…
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