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Faber Says Youth Election Does Need Tweaking
posted (March 1, 2016)
So now that the elections are (almost) over what will be done to improve the process the next time around? We asked Faber about the criticism that only a very small percentage of the youth population actually voted in this year's election - as few as 94 persons in the Belize district. Well Faber told us that is something they will have to address.

Hon. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education
"What the department did was asked for the registration of youth groups and that was something that was new. So I was very pleased at the youth awards to see how many groups exist now as compared to year or two years ago. So it's a growth process and yes while in this registration process we might still not have captured all groups that are having young membership. Next year we hope that that number will grow. As we go on that it can truly be a representation of all the young people in this country."

Faber also said that the Youth Department did send out invitations to all young people in various youth groups but only those who responded were able to vote.

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