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While some South American countries (Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador) lower their voting age to 16, they also have compulsory voting starting at 18, making it difficult to study turnout effects from the lower voting age. Indonesia provides a potential case-study for non-western democracies, though they have only lowered their voting age to 17. [27]
The reduction of the voting age to 16 in the United Kingdom was first given serious consideration in 1999, when the House of Commons considered in Committee an amendment proposed by Simon Hughes to the Representation of the People Bill. [72] This was the first time the reduction of a voting age below 18 had ever been put to a vote in the ...
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Today, any voter may vote absentee. In 2004, State Sen. John Vasconcellos (D-Santa Clara) proposed a youth suffrage constitutional amendment called Training Wheels for Citizenship that would give 14-year-olds a quarter vote, 16-year-olds a half vote, and 17-year-olds a full vote. [14] [15]
A youth-driven push for a ballot measure to lower the voting age will likely fall short in Culver City. Proponents hoped it would spur community involvement. Measure to lower voting age to 16 is ...
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Minimum voting age: 18: Preregistration age: 16: Felon voting status: ... In California a vote on a measure referred to voters by the legislature is a mandatory ...
A group of 16 to 17-year-olds in North Shields say they are a lot more informed than people think. Teenagers divided over voting age reform Skip to main content