Leading figures from business, culture and non-profit organizations across Europe have joined the campaign to raise awareness of the importance of elections and encourage citizens across the Union to vote.
More than 500 pan-European umbrella organizations and many more at national level have promoted the #UseYourVote campaign through their networks, with their own campaigns or on their social media channels. Save the ChildrenThe “I Count, I Vote” campaign includes a LinkedIn video and visuals to encourage voting. The European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA) have launched their campaign “TALE – TAke the Lead in the EU Elections”, to encourage electoral participation.
The European Council on Refugees and Exiles launched the #EUisU + Vote EP 24 campaign, including a song and motivational videos from citizens encouraging people to vote. International DemocracyThe ten-country eurVote eurFuture project aims to raise awareness of the European Parliament elections through events, information leaflets, ‘I’m voting’ stickers and how-to-vote videos aimed at new voters. Inclusion Europe launched a campaign for voting rights for people with intellectual disabilities, sharing content on Instagram encouraging participation.
In the context of the European Parliament’s Together.eu community, a multitude of election-related activities were organized by young volunteers across the EU, such as dance rallies, tree plantings, spring cleaning , pub quizzes, seminars, conferences, music festivals and other types of events.
In Germany, a basketball tournament was organized for more than 100 participants. In Spain, young activist Pol Villaverde created Palumba, a pan-European mobile app to help people know which party or candidate to vote for. In Portugal, community activists have organized surfing events for people with disabilities and creative partnerships with local sports clubs. In Ireland, Daniel Long, a young farmer, joined other volunteers to organize a number of election events in rural areas of Ireland and at universities.
European success stories such as music streaming platform Spotify and Swedish food manufacturer Oatly encourage their customers to vote and inform them about elections on their platforms. As part of its #AllHandsForDemocracy campaign, Universal Music Group is giving concertgoers an election stamp on their hand to remind them to vote.
A total of 898 cinemas across the Union have committed to showing the EU’s #UseYourVote campaign video ahead of screenings, and film festivals in France, Bulgaria, Germany and the Netherlands have encouraged festival-goers and film industry professionals to use their vote by displaying banners and electronic messages. posters, sending newsletters and publishing on their social networks.
Originally published in The European Times.
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