#votingage — Public Fediverse posts
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Voting Age in the TDG
The TDG can bring younger voters into the process:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=31&id=480
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Voting Age in the TDG
We can go younger--and they will still cast a wise vote:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=31&id=480
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Debate Over Lowering UK Voting Age to 16 Intensifies Amidst Parliamentary Bill
https://newsletter.tf/uk-voting-age-16-parliament/
The UK Parliament is considering a bill to let 16 and 17-year-olds vote in general elections, sparking debate about youth readiness and political impact.
#UKPolitics, #VotingAge, #YouthVote, #Democracy, #Parliament
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UK May Let 16-Year-Olds Vote Soon
A new plan in the UK Parliament could allow people who are 16 and 17 years old to vote in the next general election. Some people think this is good for democracy, but others worry if young people are ready. The plan also wants to make voting rules the same across the whole country.
https://newsletter.tf/uk-voting-age-16-parliament/
#UKPolitics, #VotingAge, #YouthVote, #Democracy, #Parliament
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Voting Age in the TDG
This new democracy can probably go to 14. And 14-year-olds will vote quite wisely:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=31&id=480
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Edinburgh Councillor calls for “universal political education” for school pupils
A CITY of Edinburgh Councillor is calling on Edinburgh Council to improve provision for “universal political education” among…
#Edinburgh #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #Scotland #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #Edinburghcouncil #Edinburgheducation #edinburghschools #Gilmerton #GreatBritain #Liberton #Politicaleducation #Scottisheducation #VotingAge #Youngvoters
https://www.europesays.com/uk/628434/ -
https://www.europesays.com/uk/628434/ Edinburgh Councillor calls for “universal political education” for school pupils #Britain #Edinburgh #EdinburghCouncil #EdinburghEducation #EdinburghSchools #Gilmerton #GreatBritain #Liberton #PoliticalEducation #Scotland #ScottishEducation #UK #UnitedKingdom #VotingAge #YoungVoters
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Voting Age in the TDG
This new democracy can go lower--and not suffer from any possible youthful immaturity:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=31&id=480
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Voting Age in the TDG
The TDG can lower its voting age---because young people can vote wisely in TDG elections:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=31&id=480
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Voting Age in the TDG
We can go younger!
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=31&id=480
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I had a letter in the Newcastle Herald today:
Older not always wiser
I was bemused by John Cooper's arguments against lowering the voting age to 16 ("Lowering the voting age", Letters, 25/7). He thinks only older people have the wisdom to vote responsibly. Yet I have encountered many adults who were utter political dills and who really should not be let loose in a voting booth. And if one were to accept John Cooper's argument, is it logical that only people older than him should vote, because by definition, they are smarter than he is?
Michael Gormly, Islington #auspol #votingage -
Voting age to be lowered to 16 by next general election
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c628ep4j5kno
#HackerNews #VotingAge #Lowered16 #YouthVoting #DemocraticEngagement #NextGeneralElection
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Voting Age in the TDG
We can let 14-years-olds in this democracy. And they will vote wisely!
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=31&id=480
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Amid a litany of complaints over younger people having scarce interest in politics in Japan, a movement to expand the next generation’s access to the political arena is slowly gaining traction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/21/japan/politics/lowering-age-electoral-eligibility/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #votingage #ageofmajority #adulthood #ldp #dpp #diet
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"16 is too young to vote" "18 is too young to vote" "21 is too young to vote"
"How do you explain people way beyond 25 voting for a convicted felon, who talks rubbish in front of a huge audience and on TV?"
"How do you explain people voting for a party whose state association is considered anti-democratic by courts & watched by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, a party whose frontrunner is a judicially certified facist?" -
In Newark, 16-Year-Olds Win the Right to Vote in School Board Races
#Newark #VotingAge #SchoolBoard #ElectionRights #YouthVote #CivicEngagement #Politics #News
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In Newark, 16-Year-Olds Win the Right to Vote in School Board Races
#Newark #VotingAge #SchoolBoard #ElectionRights #YouthVote #CivicEngagement #Politics #News
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In Newark, 16-Year-Olds Win the Right to Vote in School Board Races
#Newark #VotingAge #SchoolBoard #ElectionRights #YouthVote #CivicEngagement #Politics #News
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In Newark, 16-Year-Olds Win the Right to Vote in School Board Races
#Newark #VotingAge #SchoolBoard #ElectionRights #YouthVote #CivicEngagement #Politics #News
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In Newark, 16-Year-Olds Win the Right to Vote in School Board Races
#Newark #VotingAge #SchoolBoard #ElectionRights #YouthVote #CivicEngagement #Politics #News
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The voting age should match the youngest girl forced to give birth in a forced birth state and/or the age of the youngest person charged as an adult in a crime. If they are adult enough for crime and motherhood, they're old enough to vote. Stop saying there only mature enough for the shit you want to force them into. Pick a side and stick to it. #politics #voting #votingage #fuckrepublicans #republicanhypocrisy #democracy #vote #VoteBlue
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What the living fuck? This guy is a frickin basket case...
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/10/ramaswamy-raise-voting-age-00096266
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George Takei sounds an alarm for young/1st-time voters! The #GQP wants to raise the voting age! In time for the 2024 election.
https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1692994610996379905?s=20
#Voting #VotingRights #VotingAge
*edited typo; added screenshot
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#America can build #tolerance to #voter #suppression. Here's how:
#Small #gradual #exposures to #gerrymandering, #reducing #polling hours and booths, #purging #voterRoles, #raising #votingAge, #curbing #mail votes, #eliminating #female #suffrage, #restricting voting rights to #landowners, and many such #measures can help our country build tolerance to rising #disenfranchisement, #reactionaries say -
#America can build #tolerance to #voter #suppression. Here's how:
#Small #gradual #exposures to #gerrymandering, #reducing #polling hours and booths, #purging #voterRoles, #raising #votingAge, #curbing #mail votes, #eliminating #female #suffrage, #restricting voting rights to #landowners, and many such #measures can help our country build tolerance to rising #disenfranchisement, #reactionaries say -
#America can build #tolerance to #voter #suppression. Here's how:
#Small #gradual #exposures to #gerrymandering, #reducing #polling hours and booths, #purging #voterRoles, #raising #votingAge, #curbing #mail votes, #eliminating #female #suffrage, #restricting voting rights to #landowners, and many such #measures can help our country build tolerance to rising #disenfranchisement, #reactionaries say -
It's #MPMonday and this #WHM23 we are looking at Jennie Lee. Elected MP for North Lanarkshire during a by-election in March 1929, Lee was just 24. The Equal Franchise Act (reducing the voting age to 21) didn't come into effect until the general election in May, making Lee below voting age when elected!
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CW: Long thread/7
#5yrsago Man discovers he has been impersonated on Amazon by a money-launderer selling $555 “books” full of computer-generated word salad https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/02/money-laundering-via-author-impersonation-on-amazon/
#5yrsago Lobbyists release push-poll in an effort to tank #RightToRepair bills and control independent security research https://securityledger.com/2018/02/new-lobbying-group-fights-right-repair-laws/
#5yrsago Why the #VotingAge should be lowered to 16 https://www.eclectablog.com/2018/02/theres-no-good-argument-against-16-year-olds-voting.html
#5yrsago A cybersecurity #StyleGuide https://bishopfox.com/blog/intro-cybersecurity-style-guide
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Makes a strong case.
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Why politicians are too scared to lower the voting age to 16 https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/why-isn-t-the-voting-age-16-because-politicians-are-scared-of-young-people-20221129-p5c276.html -
Interesting argument. I think there is a lot to be said for giving 16 year olds the vote, given they’re treated as adults in various other ways. And their future is far more affected by climate change etc.
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Push to lower voting age gives voice to those who shape the future https://www.theage.com.au/national/push-to-lower-voting-age-gives-voice-to-those-who-shape-the-future-20221205-p5c3pa.html -
CW: Voting age and equity
I haven't seen this discussed much, but the #VotingAge issue is an equity issue, consider:
● Māori and Pacific peoples are a much younger population, statistically
● These groups have historically been disproportionately negatively affected by policies
● Research shows that people who don't vote younger (eg at their first eligible election) are much less likely to vote later on... -
Wow. The Supreme Court of #NewZealand rules, that the #VotingAge of 18 is discrimatory.
Let's see whether #Europe can learn from this ruling. Maybe it's time for young #German voters to bring their case to the #Bundesverfassungsgericht ?
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Votes For Children
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2013/01/votes-for-children/
Eric Joyce MP has written about why he doesn't think the vote should be extended to 16 year olds. While I've admired his stance on digital rights, I disagree with him and his reasoning on this issue.
This isn't about whether young people are able to understand the issues, or whether they are taxed without representation, or even if they are somehow "mature". We vote because the direction of the government affects us. No matter our age.
It is my contention that every citizen of this country should be able to vote. No matter what their age.
Imagine the following system. Every live birth registered up until the day an election is called is worth one vote. Parents would be able to vote on their child's behalf up until the parents thought the child able to vote for themselves.
If you are a single parent with two small children - you get, in effect, three votes.
We can't have a test for the age of maturity - that would be extremely politically loaded and probably disenfranchise the elderly, the disabled, and the illiterate. Every citizen whose life is affected by the Government ought to have a say in how they are governed. If they are unable to comprehend the arguments or physically unable to vote - their parent or guardian should act in their best interests as their proxy.
Mr Joyce puts forward some very disingenuous arguments against lowering the voting age. He seems to confuse the age of maturity with the ability to to be a fully franchised citizen. He says:
Do we want to say that voters are adults (and so treat 16 year olds as adults), or that it's not that important so we let kids do it too. Do we want 14 and 15 year old’s details on the publicly available voters register, with parties ringing their homes to lobby them? Do we want 16 year olds risking death in theatres of war? Do we want 16 year olds treated as adults in the justice system? Do we want them buying their own alcohol in pubs and off-licences (the SNP doesn’t, by the way, it wants to raise that age to 21)? And why draw the line at 16 in any case – 14 year olds can pay tax and are perfectly capable of understanding the arguments put by political parties at election time.
I'd like to take those points in order.
- Voters don't have to be adults. Either mentally or physically. Adults are capable of reckless acts and children capable of maturity.
- The names and addresses of all citizens are already available. I remember my (Conservative) MP sending me a birthday card when I turned 18 - a shameless tactic.
- Regarding lobbying children - I honestly think it would be a good idea for politicians to explain their proposals in simpler language. In 2005, fewer than 20% of people with a learning disability voted. Thanks, in part, to Mencap producing manifestos suitable for people with learning difficulties - that figure rose to 31% for the 2010 election. So, yes, politicians should court the youth - either directly or through their guardians.
- Regarding rights and responsibilities - Joyce has already pointed out the age related discrepancies in our laws. This could be another of them. Or, just as we don't expect (some) people with mental health issues to be tried as adults or conscripted into the armed forces, neither would we expect children to shoulder this responsibility. An 89 year old woman is unlikely to be asked to risk life and limb - yet she is able to vote for a war-hungry government.
- On the subject of age related hazards - again, this is a specious argument. Why shouldn't anyone capable of passing a driving test be allowed to drive? For "sinful" or dangerous substances like alcohol - do we ban drunk drivers or alcoholics from purchasing alcohol? We don't ban children because they don't understand the risks - but because these items have a damaging impact on the developing body.
- Finally a point we agree on! Why draw the line at 16? Children pay tax, and have their rights dictated to by local and national politicians. Why should anyone be disenfranchised?
Children enjoy human rights, and they are protected by the law. We give them a right to education, to life, and to healthcare. We shelter them when homeless, and feed them when hungry. But we don't give them - or their proxies - any say in the provision of these services or how they are governed.
Abolishing the voting age isn't without its problems. We will never arrive at a system which is free from defects and edge cases - but this is an improvement on our current situation. It would engage young people in politics, and invest them with the idea of personal democracy.
Politicians are constantly harping on about "hard working families" and how we must think of the children. This would - I hope - ensure policies which were good for families and good for children.
Votes for all.