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Originally Posted by GGG
Why are youth or any other group under represented?
Is in a systemic access issue? Is it lack of ID, Is it lack of knowledge about where to vote? Or is it lazyness and dis-interest. The first 3 issues elections Canada is still allowed to provide information about. The fourth issue is the responsibility of the individual.
I would perfer legislated voting being required over targeted campaigns to bring out he vote. At least then it is done uniformly, however I perfer status quo. The government shouldnt be involved because of how partisan the results can be. Elections Canada needs to be infallibly non partisan. Allowing employees to develop programs to encourage specific groups to vote allows the opportunity (consciously or unconsciously) to engage in a partisan activity.
The status quo is what it is. It isnt a neutal position at all. However, if a neutral body spends money to change the makeup of the electorate in a way that will shift the vote towards one party or another it is a partisan activity.
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Or perhaps having a neutral body target disenfranchised groups to encourage them to vote and get educated on the issues will force optical parties to have platforms that will represent the Canadian populous as a whole.
If a political party knows that group A is disenfranchised, they can then target the sector of the population that they know will vote and develop a platform that is specific for them, regardless of what other percentages of the population are affected.
By having a neutral body getting people tonvote, it seems to be a check on the political parties so they have more balanced platforms without making voting mandatory.
I'm ok with that. If you're not (I mean you plural and not specifically GGG) that's ok too.