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VoteScotland's virtual voting
16/03/2007
The VoteScotland campaign is using footballers and pop stars to explain the voting systems to young people before the May 3 Scottish Parliament and local council elections.
The website now has two interactive digital games. One encourages people to vote under the Additional Member System (AMS) to create a Scottish 'super group' from the country's leading acts such as KT Tunstall or Belle and Sebastian. AMS will be used for the Parliament elections.
The second game uses the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system to set up a dream team for five-a-side football from Premier League players. STV will be used for the council elections.
The VoteScotland campaign, run jointly by the Scottish Executive and the Electoral Commission, also offer a virtual 'walkthrough' of the voting process from the delivery of a person's polling card to the announcement of the results.
There is also an option to receive a text reminder to vote on May 3 and a special mobile website where voters can access information about the elections on their mobile phones.
Andy O'Neill, head of the Electoral Commission in Scotland, said:
"Using interactive technology such as these digital games allows us to get across important information about the elections in a fun and engaging way."