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What dropped the voting age to 18?
On July 1, 1971, our Nation ratified the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18.
Can 16 years olds vote?
Pre-registration does not change the voting age, which is 18. Instead, it allows eligible Californians ages 16 or 17 to complete the online voter registration form providing sufficient time and opportunity to get ready to vote.
Why we shouldn’t lower the voting age to 16?
Critics of lowering the voting age to 16 have argued that such teenage citizens are not able or motivated to participate effectively in politics and that this both drives their turnout decisions and means that their electoral choices are of lower quality.
What is the youngest age to vote?
The minimum age is 16 in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Malta, Nicaragua, Scotland and Wales, and the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey (three self-governing British Crown Dependencies). The highest minimum voting age is 21 in several nations.
Why should the voting age not be 16?
Why voting age reduced from 21 to 18?
The Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years.
Why was the voting age lowered?
Sentiment to lower the nation’s voting age dates back to WWII. As American involvement in the war increased, President Roosevelt sought to increase the size of the nation’s military and lowered the draft age of young men from 21 to 18 years old.
Why voting age should not be lowered to 16?
When was the voting age reduced from 21 to 18?
1989
The Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1989, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years.
Will the Conservatives lower the voting age to 16 if elected?
Prime Minister Theresa May has said that the Conservatives will not lower the voting age to 16 if they win the general election. “You have to pick a point at which you think it is right for the voting age to be,” she told the BBC yesterday. “I continue to think it is right for it to be 18.”
Should the electoral age be lowered to 16 in Scotland?
And although supporters for lowering the electoral age say you can get married, join the Army and work full-time at 16 – that’s not entirely true. You can now vote in the Scottish parliamentary and local elections at 16.
Should the electoral age in Austria be lowered to 16?
Austria is the only country in the EU where 16-year-olds can vote in general elections. And although supporters for lowering the electoral age say you can get married, join the Army and work full-time at 16 – that’s not entirely true.
Are young people being ignored by the political establishment?
“There’s no test you take at 18 which means you are informed,” argues Samah. And their case is backed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. He says the the political establishment have ignored young people for too long. The Scottish National Party, the Lib Dems and Green Party are all on board too – but crucially the Conservatives aren’t.