Both adult and young prospective voters made their voices heard in London on Thursday.
As residents began voting in advance polls, students from three different schools took part in an all-candidates meeting at the Children’s Museum.
While all eight mayoral candidates RSVP’d that they would take part, only Tanya Park, Paul Paolatto, Paul Cheng, and Ed Holder attended the event.
“Although they’re students and they’re not of voting age, we hope to build a foundation for civic engagement for future voting and just because they’re not of voting age, they’re still citizens of our community and they have valuable contributions to make and valuable points to be heard,” said Mira Noordermeer, the museum’s marketing and communications coordinator. “It’s just a wonderful opportunity to give children memorable, positive experiences with politics and to make them feel like they can be heard.”
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Students from Grades 4, 5 and 6 interacted with the candidates, posed questions, shared concerns and cast ballots in a mock election. According to officials, the ballots for the mock election are ‘sealed,’ so no winner has been revealed.
Participants raised questions surrounding a variety of topics, including backyard chickens and bus rapid transit.
Voters head to the polls for the municipal election on Oct. 22, 2018.
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