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Mizoram organises ‘Young Voters’ Festival to motivate youths to participate in upcoming polls

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Aizawl, Oct 24: To motivate the youths of the state for active participation in Mizoram assembly polls, the various district administrations are organising ‘Young Voters’ Festivals’.

The 40-member Mizoram assembly polls will be held on November 7.

According to Election officials each of the 11 districts in Mizoram such festivals are likely to be held for two to three days by the local authorities in association with the organisation.

He said that over the course of this festival, various activities and contests such as extempore speech, quiz, declamation contest, reels making contest, selfie contest, hashtag campaign, signature campaign, flyer-making contest, on-the-spot essay writing contest, on-the-spot slogan writing contest, and on-the-spot painting competition would be held.

In Mizoram, over 80 per cent voters cast their votes in most of the elections, with 80.82 per cent of the total of 6,90,860 voters having exercised their franchise in the 2013 Assembly polls while 80.03 per cent of the 7,74,757 voters cast their votes in the 2018 elections.

Election officials urged all people, especially the new voters to enjoy the festival, vote, and encourage their friends and families to do the same.

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