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Calls for reduction in the voting age to 16

18th July 2018
Under current legislation, a person must be 18 or over to vote in elections to the UK Parliament. This note from the House of Commons Parliament Research department gives details of calls for a change in the law to reduce the voting age to 16 in recent years.
If you want to read the new pamphlet: 'Civic Duty: The Conservative Case for Votes at 16 & 17' - you can do so, here: https://t.co/xjxv5kNOzs
— Electoral Reform Society (@electoralreform) July 10, 2018
Our democracy needs reform: proportional representation, transparency on who's involved, spending cap, voting age 16, voting compulsory.
— A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR (@acgrayling) May 13, 2017
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