[Election Enlightenment] Senkyo Forum

Unfortunately, the turnout of elections tends to be decreasing little by little. In particular, improving the turnout of young people is an urgent issue.
The Senkyo Forum is mainly aimed at future voters such as elementary, junior high and high school students, and aims to reconsider how politics and elections are involved in everyday life and promote voting participation. .
As part of the election enlightenment activities, it is a participatory learning project conducted by the Election Commission of each ward and the Bright Election Promotion Council.
At schools in Naka Ward, students are given on-site classes by staff of the Naka Ward Election Commission.
Lecture contents vary, such as "about the work of the Election Commission", "the beginning of the election", "the structure and importance of the election", and "voting and counting experience using actual election equipment".
Participants in the lecture received comments such as "I understood the importance of the election well," "I would like to go to vote when I turned 18," and "I want to spread the contents of the lecture to people around me." We are.