Bukgu Gwangju, Small Businesses Join 'Voting Challenge'

Relay Participation by Employees
"The Power of One Vote, in Our Hands"

As the 21st presidential election approaches, residents in Bukgu, Gwangju are voluntarily organizing a series of events to encourage voter turnout.

According to Bukgu on May 21, this campaign is being promoted mainly among alleyway shopping districts and small and medium-sized enterprises, with the aim of spreading a culture of voting participation throughout the local community.

Employees of a small and medium-sized enterprise located in Bukgu, Gwangju, are participating in the "All Employees Voting Participation Challenge" and taking a commemorative photo. Provided by Bukgu

First, the Bukgu Alleyway Shopping District Merchants Association Federation is holding an event during the three days of early voting (May 29-30) and the main voting day (June 3), where customers can receive up to a 10% discount by presenting a voting confirmation slip or a verification photo.

About 120 stores, including restaurants, cafes, and hair salons?businesses closely tied to daily life?are participating in this discount event. Information about participating stores can be found on the Merchants Association Federation's Instagram account.

In addition, the Cheomdansandan Business Owners' Association and the Bonchon Industrial Complex Management Board have launched an "All Employees Voting Participation Challenge" targeting small and medium-sized enterprises. In this challenge, company representatives and employees take photos holding placards with voting encouragement messages and then nominate the next company to participate in a relay format.

Bukgu expects that about 2,500 companies and 20,000 employees will participate in this challenge, which will continue until June 2, the day before the election.

Yang Chungho, president of the Bukgu Alleyway Shopping District Merchants Association Federation, said, "Many stores voluntarily joined this initiative, which started as an idea to increase residents' participation in voting."

An employee of a small and medium-sized enterprise said, "I hesitated to vote because of my schedule, but participating in the challenge helped me make up my mind. The atmosphere in the company is also shifting toward greater voting participation."

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