‘Fresh’ first-time candidates aim to woo electorate

STATISTICALLY, they have a higher chance of binge drinking once a week, using drugs or practicing unsafe sex than being registered to vote.

But some members of the politically indifferent 18-24 zone are defying the stereotype of their generation and contesting a seat in next month’s local election.

Without ever having cast a ballot in an election before, at least three 19-year-olds around the country are among the estimated 350 first-time candidates going before the electorate for a local council seat.