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Visiting Scholar Publication | Study on Introducing Student Vote Program for Prospective Voters Under the Korean Public Official Election Act

Posted on 19 April 2016

Visiting Scholar Publication | Study on Introducing Student Vote Program for Prospective Voters Under the Korean Public Official Election Act

Posted on 19 April 2016

SongSoohwan Song, Director of the Korean National Assembly Secretariat and visiting scholar at YCAR, recently published a study in the Korea Law Review examining Canada's Student Vote Program and the potential benefits of introducing a similar program  in Korea.  The study reflects on the possibility of reversing the trend of low voter turnout among younger Koreans by providing a more robust civic education in Korean schools.

The article is available in Korean in the March 2016 issue of the Korea Law Review: http://kulri.korea.ac.kr/