ELECTORAL LITERACY CLUB
An Electoral Literacy Club is a platform to engage students through interesting activities and hands-on experience to sensitise them on their electoral rights and familiarise them with the electoral process of registration and voting. ELCs are present in schools, colleges and rural communities.
At ELCs, learning meets fun. Activities and Games are designed to stimulate and motivate students provoking them to think and ask questions. Through ELC, Election Commission of India, aims at strengthening the culture of electoral participation among young and future voters.
MISSION
- The main objective of ELC is to promote awareness of ‘Right to vote’ among students, faculty members and community at large.
- ELC works to educate the future voters about enrolment, and other electoral process like EVM/VVPAT.
- To enable critical thinking on issues related to election rights, democracies and its processes.
- To ensure the citizens that they should exercise their adult suffrage right with confidence in an ethical manner
- To develop a sense among the citzens that ‘Every vote counts’ and ‘No Voter to be Left Behind’.
LINKS
National Voter’s Day 2023
Resource Guide for ELC in Colleges
Election Commission of India: What are ELCs?
ELC Brouchure Malayalam