Declining Voter Turnout Raises Concerns as Youth's Potential Influence on Elections Grows

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Declining Voter Turnout Raises Concerns as Youth's Potential Influence on Elections Grows
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The declining voter turnout in the past 15 years raises concerns over whether registered voters, especially the youth, will cast their ballots and influence the outcome of the elections.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu votes in South Africa’s first democratic elections on 27 April, 1994, at the Uluntu Youth Health Centre in Gugulethu outside Cape Town. Picture: Gallo Images

However, declining voter turnouts in the past 15 years raises a question over whether registered voters will ultimately cast their ballots and, therefore, influence the outcome. Some of its founding trustees include anti-apartheid theologians Desmond Tutu, Beyers Naudé and Frank Chikane, who, among other things, struggled for the right to vote.

The #RememberMe campaign will bring the stories of the struggle generation to modern ears on social media and the radio.

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