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U.K. Plans to Lower Voting Age in Major Electoral Reform
The British government said it wants to lower the voting age to 16 as part of a plan that has been described as the country’s largest expansion of voting rights in decades.
“I’m really happy about it because I’ve always been kind of frustrated just watching politics and not being able to do anything. And I know loads of other people who feel the same, who are really interested in politics and get frustrated at watching all the older people vote. And I just think it would be really amazing because so many of these policies affect younger people.” “I think it’s really important to give the younger generation an opinion and a vote on a lot of the issues that are facing the U.K. today. So yeah, if I was back in my day, if I was 16 or 17 and I got the opportunity to vote, I think that would be really, really good. It would have got me thinking about the political issues, the economical issues as well, at an early age.” “I think it’s a great opportunity for us to have more of a say in our future. And because at the end of the day, we decide who we vote in, and then this affects our decisions that affect us, whether it be health care, education and ultimately, jobs in the end.”
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