Sky News' Stand Up Be Counted: How It Works <\/p>\n
Updated: 8:50am UK, Monday 01 September 2014 <\/p>\n
By Afua Hirsch, Social Affairs and Education Editor <\/p>\n
There is a group of people in this country who are invisible. They have little ability to influence politics, their voices are rarely heard in the news, and their opinions are largely ignored. <\/p>\n
:: Click here to visit the Stand Up Be Counted site <\/p>\n
This may sound like the predicament of a small and hard to reach minority, but it has been the reality for more than half of young people in the UK. <\/p>\n
Many 18 to 24 year olds don't vote. At the last election, only 44% of that age group voted. That means more than half not influencing who gets into power. <\/p>\n
It means politicians can comfortably ignore a whole demographic, confident in the knowledge that they have no influence at the ballot box. <\/p>\n
It means disengaging from the process which governs everyone's lives. <\/p>\n
From today, Sky News is doing something different, to create a change. We are launching Stand Up Be Counted - to help give young people a voice. <\/p>\n
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