Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Lower the voting age to 16.
The Scottish independence referendum showed that 16 and 17 year-olds are more than capable of taking important political decisions.
The outcome of the EU referendum would have been diiferent if 16-17 could vote.
Countries where the voting age is 16
Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua
Countries where voting age is 17
East Timor, Ethiopia, Indonesia, North Korea and Sudan
Counties were voting age is 18
Too many to list
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