Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I support this. I'm not sure I'm prepared to go as far as my other Yellowknife colleagues, but I think this is a good step in that direction. At least young vote -- or potential voters will get their name into a registry. And when they hit 18, their name just flips over into the other column so that they are then entitled to vote. You know, Elections NWT data, the research that they did, showed that about 1,700 people live in the Northwest Territories aged between 18 and 20 but only 73 of those people voted in the last general election. So this is, I think, a way to help improve that. And given that we've also given the Chief Electoral Officer more of a mandate to promote elections in schools and so on, I think we'll see greater participation of youth in the future, and that's why I support this. Thanks, Madam Chair.
Kevin O'Reilly on Committee Motion 247-19(2): Committee Report 32-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Auxiliary Report: Issues Arising from the 2019 Territorial Election - Register of Future Electors, Carried
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Committee Motion 247-19(2): Committee Report 32-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Auxiliary Report: Issues Arising from the 2019 Territorial Election - Register of Future Electors, Carried
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