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Showing posts with label Lower voting age. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lower voting age. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Friday, July 29, 2022

James Broome-Isa: I'm 17, but I can't support lowering the voting age


It has been a big fortnight for young people with a political bent.

Last week 120 Youth MPs sat and were reported on by 19 members of the Youth Press Gallery under the watch of the first Youth Clerk or Youth Parliamentary CEO.

In the week before that, the slick, well-funded campaign to lower the voting age to 16 was heard in the Supreme Court. “Youth” are seeking a declaration that the voting age of 18 is inconsistent with the Bill of Rights.

Being one of the Youth MPs privileged to sit in the big green chairs, I will not and cannot support lowering the voting age to 16.