The District Administration, District Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Committee and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have taken an innovative way to create awareness to increase the percentage of voting during forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, by inviting entries for ‘Power of Vote’ short-film contest.

The short-film should be of one-minute duration either in Kannada language or silent film, shot in MP4 format, without favouring any political parties or their activities. No derogatory languages should be used and the short-film without any summary will not be considered for the contest. Short-films must be submitted before Jan.7. The winners will be given cash prizes — first prize: Rs. 5,000, second prize: Rs. 3,000 and third prize: Rs. 2,000 — according to a press release.