Vote for your new Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament? .

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Vote for your new Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament? www.syp.org.uk/elections

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Page 1: Vote for your new Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament? .

Vote for your new Member

of the Scottish Youth

Parliament?

www.syp.org.uk/elections

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• A national youth voice;• Represents young people across

Scotland, taking action on issues important to you;

• Not party political;• MSYPs (Members of the Youth

Parliament) are democratically elected by young people in the local area where they live.

What is the Scottish Youth Parliament?

#SYPElex

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• Make sure you have a say in who represents you;

• Have someone you can talk to about issues in your local community or national issues;

• Be involved in democracy.

Why should you vote?

#SYPElex

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2015 SYP Elections

e-Voting

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Visit www.youngscot.org

Enter your Young Scot NEC card number

OR a temporary number given to you by election

support officers.

Click the ‘Vote Now!’ button for the SYP

elections!

How does it work?

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This should be the area you live or go to school. Voters can only vote in ONE constituency.

How does it work?

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Select your candidate from the list.

Elections use Single Transferable Vote (STV) – this means you rank your preferred candidates in order.

Voters can even choose to ‘spoil’ their vote.

How does it work?

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Once you have chosen, click ‘Confirm vote’ button….and that’s your vote cast!

How does it work?