Workshop Section 4b: How to Vote ... continued
And then we usually ask for volunteers to stand in our
Voting Champion election. We ask them these things:
- their full name;
- their favourite colour;
- the name they have chosen for their political party;
- and the picture they want for their party symbol, so that we
can make a ballot paper.
People at our workshops have had lots of different names for
their parties, for example the Doctor Who Party; the Disco
Party; the Pizza Party; the James Bond Party; the Happy
Party.
Click on the picture
of a ballot paper to see 2 examples of one we have done (word
doc).
On the third page there is a blank ballot paper which you can
use for your own election.
We have a small printer which we take to workshops so we can
print our ballot papers. You could use the blank ballot paper
to write your candidates' names if you don't have a printer.
On the 4th page there is a ballot paper with colours on it, if
you want to choose a colour to represent each person. This
means you don't need to have any writing at all. This will
not look like a real ballot paper.
After we have found our Voting Champion volunteers, we usually
show a 10 minute DVD called "Democracy? You Decide: An
Introduction to Parliament." This features the comedian
Danny Wallace. It has a lot of information in it, but
it's good fun and most people enjoy it too, even if they don't
understand every single bit.
If you would
like a copy, you need to contact the Parliamentary Education
Unit. Click on the picture of the DVD to find how to contact
the Parliamentary Education Unit.
