My vote - My choice

About this project

<p>The content of the project "My Voice - My Choice" is the effective support of civic awareness and the development of social participation of at least 80 people from the excluded Roma localities of Žatec in the context of the parliamentary elections 2021.&nbsp; Increasing awareness and understanding of democratic processes will strengthen these people's resilience to election manipulation and bribery. They will be able to cast their vote freely and responsibly.</p> <p>Based on our experience from 2014 and 2018, we know that with the upcoming elections, a serious problem will be repeated in our city and surrounding municipalities, which is the "buying" of voters' votes from the range of socially vulnerable Roma communities. The Ministry of the Interior draws attention to and comments on this violation of the electoral law (bribing voters is a serious electoral offence). The will of a corrupt voter is not independent (see Pl. ÚS 73/04 dated 26/01/2005, Pl. ÚS 57/10 dated 5/1/2011).</p> <p>We will contribute to the solution of the defined problem by carrying out an action information campaign among the local Roma in the period before the elections (i.e. from August to October), which will be focused on the topic of elections and democratic processes. We will organize a total of 3 discussions on these topics, in addition to us, another experienced Roma activist will also be present and together with the local people we will discuss the principles of our democratic society, the meaning of elections, the election programs of individual parties, why it is important to participate in elections and why there are no less it is important not to allow anyone, nota bene, to manipulate the elections. At the same time, we will spread this information through leaflets. We need to give people self-confidence, self-respect, awareness of their own value and the weight of their electoral vote, they were informed that such behavior is illegal.</p>