The Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) is involved in consultations to extend its voting process and implement an electronic voting system, in order to expand its voter base.
The GNYC, initiator of the #VoteLikeABoss campaign—an initiative encouraging youth to vote in the 2015 and 2016 general and local government elections—in an effort to enhance its own internal democracy, hosted its first executive election in November.
“GNYC takes note of the low voter turnout for local government elections and reaffirms its commitment to ensuring that despite voter education campaigns which focus on how to vote, civil society groups like GNYC play a vital role in raising enthusiasm in voters, especially youth voters, about getting involved by equipping both youth and their leaders with the tools they need to work collaboratively. But first, we must continue our own work in re-building confidence in our institution,” the council said in a statement.
