While I’m on the wrong side of 35, I’m 100% behind this campaign. Young adults always say they want a bigger voice in how our society operates, but when presented with one of a previous few opportunities to actually have a say, they stay on the sidelines.

As scary as the 30% over turnout for municipal elections is, it is even scarier the only 10% of young adults chose to exercise their franchise to vote.  If we want our political leaders to reflect our interests, we ALL need to start  showing up on election day.

From Vancouver is Awesome:

Vancouver Votes—That means YOU

90% of people under 35 don’t know there’s an election taking place in Vancouver November 19th? Is that true? Let’s make sure it’s not on November 19th by letting everybody we know they should get out to the polls this weekend, or cast an advance ballot this week! Repost one of these posters below to your Facebook, tweet one, share THIS LINK, help spread the word and get your friends involved in the future awesomeness of this city of ours!

Details on candidates, how and where and when to vote, everything you need to know is at Vancouver.ca/Votes. There’s even a handy app to download!

 Twitter Campaign

To help get the word out, VIA is asking people to send the following message on Twitter:

RT @viawesome: If you’re under 35 and you want more than 10% of your friends to vote in the civic election PLEASE RT! ow.ly/7tFWs