Objectives
- Educate students and the community about the electoral process.
- Encourage active participation in elections.
- Promote informed and ethical voting.
- Foster responsibility and democratic values.
- Build leadership, communication and decision-making skills among youth.
Activities
- Debates, quizzes and essay competitions on democracy and voting
- Poster-making, slogan-writing and street plays
- Awareness rallies during elections
- Voter registration drives for new electors
- Workshops and interactions with election officials
Structure
- Nodal officer / teacher-in-charge who guides the club
- Student members — “Young Voters” or ELC ambassadors
- President and secretary elected by the members
- Volunteers who run awareness programmes and campaigns
Annual report 2024-25
- 9 Nov 2024 — Quiz on electoral awareness for teams from different departments; poster-making competition on “Every Vote Counts” / “Power of the Ballot”; and student-made reels on voting rights, ethical voting and first-time voters.
- 10 Dec 2024 — Special lecture and voter registration camp for youth (EPIC card registration) by Shri M.R. Kulkarni, Tahsildar, Siddapur, on why every single vote matters.
- 25 Jan 2025 — National Voters’ Day on the theme “Nothing Like Voting, I Vote for Sure”, with resource person Mr. N.T. Naik, Department of Political Science, GFGC Siddapur. Students took the voters’ pledge and new voters were recognised.
Expected outcomes
- More voter registration among youth.
- A better understanding of the value of every vote.
People
- ANAsha NaikConvener, ELCDepartment of Economics