{"id":46005,"date":"2024-06-04T12:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T10:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/happy-days-kindergarten-inspires-young-voters-with-special-election-experience-20240604\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:31:58","slug":"happy-days-kindergarten-inspires-young-voters-with-special-election-experience-20240604","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/happy-days-kindergarten-inspires-young-voters-with-special-election-experience-20240604\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Days Kindergarten inspires young voters with special election experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Little future voters at Happy Days Kindergarten in Plumstead cast their \u201cspecial votes\u201d along with other voters on Monday 27 May as a valuable life skill was imparted by their devoted democratic teaching staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe do this every single election, every five years, which forms part of our life skills lessons we teach the children at our school. 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