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This slide deck presents findings from the National Youth Survey commissioned by Elections Canada in 2011 and 2015, exploring attitudes towards voting processes among young adults. It delves into motivational and access barriers, proposing solutions like making voting a legal requirement, having a voting day holiday, enabling online voting, and lowering the voting age to 16.
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Slide Deck 2B: Electoral Participation Research
What attitudes do you have about participating in the voting process? What has shaped your views?
NATIONAL YOUTH SURVEY The National Youth Survey was commissioned by Elections Canada in 2011 and 2015.
THE BARRIERS TO VOTING “Getting to the door” Motivational Factors Access Barriers “Getting through the door”
Consolidation Do you agree or disagree with the following proposals to increase voter turnout? • Voting should be a legal requirement and those that do not vote should be fined • Voting day should be a holiday so that people have sufficient time to vote • Online voting would make it easier to cast a vote • The voting age should be lowered to 16 years of age