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Encouraging electoral Encouraging electoral participation participation
Workshop 2B
Forum for the Future of Democracy
Kyiv, Ukraine, October 22, 2009
Ola PetterssonInternational [email protected]
International IDEAInternational IDEA
The International Institute for The International Institute for Democracy and Democracy and
Electoral AssistanceElectoral Assistance
www.idea.intwww.idea.int
””Support Support sustainable sustainable democratic change democratic change
by improving the by improving the quality and quality and
effectiveness of effectiveness of democratic practices democratic practices
worldwide.”worldwide.”
Electoral participationElectoral participation
Decreasing trend of electoral Decreasing trend of electoral participation in many countriesparticipation in many countries
Increasing number of initiatives aimed Increasing number of initiatives aimed to encourage participationto encourage participation
Few ready-made solutions availableFew ready-made solutions available
YouTube
Ballot lottery
TV and radio ads
School elections
Advance voting
Comp-ulsory voting
Face-book Civic
educa-tion
E-voting
Leaflets & Posters
TV debates
A wealth of options…
SMS re-minders
VoteMatch
Can-vassing
Get Out The Vote
Rock the Vote
Inter-active website
Relevant questionsRelevant questions
WhyWhy don’t people participate? don’t people participate? WhatWhat can we do about it? can we do about it?
WhenWhen could we act? could we act? How can we How can we assess the impactassess the impact of of
what’s being done? what’s being done?
