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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]
In 1946 Czechoslovakia became the first state to reduce the voting age to 18 years, [2] and by 1968 a total of 17 countries had lowered their voting age, of which 8 were in Latin America, and 8 were communist countries. [3] Australia, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland had lowered their voting age to 20 by the end of the 1960s. [4]
In a voting system that uses multiple votes (Plurality block voting), the voter can vote for any subset of the running candidates. So, a voter might vote for Alice, Bob, and Charlie, rejecting Daniel and Emily. Approval voting uses such multiple votes. In a voting system that uses a ranked vote, the voter ranks the candidates in order of ...
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The voting process has two steps. An eligible voter – a U.S. citizen over the age of 18 [20] – must first register to vote and then commit the act of voting. The voting process is regulated by each state individually and therefore varies from state to state. [21] The process of registering to vote is different depending on the state. [21]
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The compulsory voting age for federal elections was reduced to 18 in 1974. [48] Australia has one of the highest electoral turnout rates in the world. [53] For first-time offenders, a fine is issued for AU$20 with a maximum penalty of AU$180 which is regularly enforced. [54] Registration also compulsory. Belgium: Not registered to vote [18] 90% ...