Press release

Election simulation in Klina

Peja, September 16, 2013
On Monday, September 16, 2013, starting at 2:00 p.m., in the facilities of the “Luigj Gurakuqi” High School Gymnasium in Klina, the non-governmental organization Syri i Vizioni in cooperation with the local NGOs “Elena Gjika” and “KOHA” in within the Democracy in Action coalition, has developed the activity of simulating the election process with the graduating students of this school.
The activity was developed in cooperation with the MEC and aimed at raising the awareness of young voters and all voters of the municipality of Peja to participate in the local elections that will be held on November 3. Through this activity, young voters, who are voting for the first time this year, are motivated and see how the voting procedures work in an improvised polling station with all the necessary tools for voting. “Voters” voted on improvised ballots with the names of football players and teams instead of candidates and party lists.
In this simulated voting process, the representatives of all classes with high school graduates participated. From the experience of such a simulation, it has been seen that young people, for the most part, are interested in the electoral process, but they have very little information about the procedures and the actual process of voting in a polling station. The main problems that have come to the fore are those related to voting for the subject and for the candidate within the subject, and there is a lack of information regarding finding the polling station. Young people have also expressed interest in their engagement as commissioners or as observers of the election process. Such a simulation is held for the first time in the municipality of Klina.