First-time voters project: 24 campaigns throughout the Borken district

In June, many millions of EU citizens will once again have the opportunity to cast their vote in the European Parliament elections. Together, they will decide the future of the European Union. Many first-time voters in Germany should go to the ballot box on 9 June - this is what the first-time voter project, which has been launched in Bocholt, is working towards.

Now it's here, the official grant notification from the Ministry of Culture and Science of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the first-time voter project. The Bocholt-Rhede-Isselburg Adult Education Centre has already been able to attract 26 cooperation partners throughout the Borken district with a total of 24 campaigns, events and workshops in the run-up to the European elections on 9 June in order to activate a particularly large number of first-time voters with a colourful and varied programme.

For the first time, young people aged 16 and over will be able to cast their vote and thus make an important contribution to democracy. There are both closed events for school classes as well as open and free programmes ranging from a breastfeeding group in the neighbourhood to a visit to the Peace Lab at the Textile Museum. The centrepiece of the entire event flyer is the training to become a first election professional.

The workshops for training to become an election assistant will take place free of charge at the VHS in Ahaus, at the Klausenhof with Jusina e.V., at the municipal comprehensive school in Bocholt and on Friday 10 May at the Quartierstreff in Bärendorfstraße 24 in Bocholt. Further information on the project, the individual activities and registration can be found on the adult education centre's homepage. As a district-wide democratisation network, all participating cooperation partners want to make a contribution to strengthening democracy and increase voter turnout on 9 June.