Youth Vote Philippines

Youth Vote Philippines is an alliance of youth and reform-minded organizations organized in 2008. It aims to provide information about the different presidential candidates of the May 2010 national elections to assist and educate the Filipino voter. It harnesses the power of technology and the Internet to provide free and comprehensive information and data on various candidates gunning for an electoral post. Youth Vote Philippines hopes to continue to maintain this project for the succeeding elections in the Philippines.

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1 History 2 Website 3 Work 4 References 5 Citation

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History

Youth Vote Philippines was launched in September 20, 2008 at the Cubao Expo at the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City.

Youth Vote Philippines is a collaboration of several organizations. Among them are Akbayan Youth, Student Council Alliance of the Philippines, Ayala Young Leaders, TAYO, FTV, Reform Coalition, WhyNotForum, Youth Alliance Philippines, Movement for Good Governance and the International Center for Innovation Transformation and Excellence in Governance (INCITEGov). The resources of the different group were pooled together to push for voter education, so that the Filipino population will vote based on issues and accomplishment, and not on personality.

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Website

For the 2010 elections, the Youth Vote Website posted on its website the different presidential issues or PIs that they feel are critical for the Philippines development. Each presidential candidates stand or approach to the key issues are indicated.

This allows the Filipino voters a free and accessible resource to get to know about the different candidates and to assist and educate the voting population on key issues. A person only has to click on the appropriate box or link to find out what the candidates stand is. By getting t o know what the candidate is really about and what his plans are for the country, the voter can then properly be guided as to who to choose will best lead the country and who best represents his concerns.

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Work

Youth Vote Philippines is involved in several education campaigns geared towards the young Filipino voter. Using the different resources from the different partners of the alliance, the group has organized education caravans and campaigns in various key cities in the Philippines: Cebu; Davao; Baguio and Manila. The key tool utilized by the group is the use of its website to disseminate information on the stand of the different presidential candidates on eight key issues. This makes it easy for the young voting public to access and find out what a candidate is about, and therefore make an informed decision about who to vote for. The intention of Youth Vote Philippines is to have an educated voting population so that the Philippine Elections can be truly representative of the wants of the people. It is hoped that with the start of the organization in getting young people involved in the electoral process through proper education, then the country can have the best and most qualified elected leaders to bring it into the next decade. If successful, Youth Vote Philippines will again be actively involved in voter education for all the succeeding Philippine elections.

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References

http://www.youthvotephilippines.com/ (accessed April 2, 2010) http://incitegov.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=16&year=2008&month=09 &day=20&Itemid=1 (accessed April 2, 2010)