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Enhancing public participation at local government elections

In January in its periodical survey CVVM devoted to the topic of electoral participation and non-participation. More than half of respondents expressed their opinion, what they find

as a desirable thing, that the Czech State should start campaign to raise electoral participation. On the other way 3 out of 10 respondents do not suppose it as

a desirable thing.More than tenth of czech citizens could not give their opinion to that question.

Two thirds of czech citizens believe, that if retraction of a Member of Parlament or of a Senator by their own Party was established , the electoral participation would increase.

According to the third of respondents ,it would help to raise electoral participation if following steps were made : establishment of compulsory participation in free elections , establishment of electronic voting using an email and establishment of major principle in polling.

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