Vote mob reaches Concordia

The vote mob movement has reached Concordia University. Seventy students joined in a friendly protest at the Hall building terrace Tuesday afternoon.

Students at universities across Canada have staged vote mobs in recent weeks. The first one took place at the University of Guelph. The idea is to encourage political candidates to campaign on issues that are relevant to students. Political leaders are accused of not targeting the youth vote.

Only 37.4 per cent  of people aged 18 to 24 voted in the last federal election in 2008.

Students at Concordia's vote mob made clear they cared about issues like sutainability, aboriginal rights and access to education.

For the most part, these are issues that party leaders have been almost silent on during this election campaign.

One federal candidate did show up to the event. Westmount-Ville-Marie Conservative candidate Neil Drabkin was asked to leave because of the non-partisan nature of the event.

Candidates for both slates in the 2011 CSU elections were present leading and participating in the event.

The students filmed a video of the vote mob. Organizer Melissa Fuller said it will be posted in a few days.