Young Greens say "Use your vote!"

20th April 2007

Broomhill Green Party candidate Rob Cole joined by fellow Young Greens outside Sheffield City Library Theatre on Thursday 19th April to highlight the need for people to use their vote in upcoming City Council elections on May the 3rd.

The theatre is currently staging “Making Mayhem: Sheffield Suffragettes”, a play depicting the personal struggle of a Sheffield member of the Suffragette movement to attain the vote for women in the early 20th century. Campaigners outside the theatre held a banner saying “Women died for the vote – use yours”.

Rob Cole said of the event “Voter turnout in Local Elections is often as low as 20-30%. Women died and were imprisoned in order to get the vote for women. Politics is important to people’s lives because it directly affects our welfare and society. Far too many people are disengaged and much more must be done to involve them. The Young Greens support proportional representation and want the voting age lowered to 16 to engage young people in politics at an earlier age.”

Rob came a clear second in Broomhill ward last year, and is pushing hard for election this year. The Green Party have candidates standing in every ward in Sheffield.

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