| 单词 | voting age |
| 例句 | You do not dress like this when you are of voting age, grumbled the woman whose cohort wears a soothing blanket known as a “hoodie” to the office. Let the wild romp-us begin! What have men in suits done for us lately? 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z This is democracy in action, and we should probably lower the voting age to 4½ . Perspective | ‘Old Town Road’ is a smash. Will it mutate into ‘Baby Shark’? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Or, perhaps, Bill Engvall has paid off every man, woman and child of voting age in the entire country. Dancing with the Stars Watch: Three Is a Tragic Number 2013-11-12T04:36:43Z And this on a day that began with worries that the potential lowering of the voting age would see politics taken into schools. Letters: How to commemorate the first world war 2012-10-12T20:00:07Z He’ll ask questions like: How do issues like lowering the voting age get on the ballot in the first place? Kal Penn hopes for dialogue with new show for young voters 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z But there's something about being on the wrong side of voting age that gives the tale its tabloid allure. Much ado about Mark Sanchez's teenage fling 2011-02-10T16:20:00Z He proposed the abolition of selective state education, the introduction of commercial radio and lowering the voting age to 18 – lunatic policies all. We mean it, maaan!: the lost art of the pop manifesto 2010-04-29T20:30:00Z What would happen if one state lowered the voting age to 16? Why We Should Abolish the Electoral College 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Many users are campaigning hard, especially because they may not be of voting age in time for Nov. 3. The Political Pundits of TikTok 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z They say they will become more tuned in once they are of voting age. Those babies who got kissed by presidential candidates? Here’s who they became. 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Gullible teen girls represent the target audience for this Sony Pictures Classics release, as most people of voting age will blanch at such a cutesy depiction of adolescent angst. Gus Van Sant's "Restless" a painful experience 2011-05-12T22:41:45Z In publishing circles, people who write for those far below the voting age are sometimes dismissed as scriveners of “kiddie lit.” Au Revoir, Nancy! A Children’s Book Author Kisses Her Character Goodbye 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z He wants to raise the U.S. voting age. Vivek Ramaswamy’s approach in business and politics is the same: Confidence, no matter the scenario 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z About 4 million of the 7.7 million Venezuelans migrants who have left their country are estimated to be of voting age and are able to vote at centers in 28 countries. Venezuela primary vote count delayed by server blockage-opposition 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z About 4 million Venezuelans living outside their country are thought to be of voting age. Venezuelans vote in opposition primary clouded by uncertainty 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z So will young people reaching voting age this year and next year and the year after that. There are more of us than there are of them 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z On Monday, he submitted three proposals that would create a second congressional district where Black voters comprise a majority of the voting age population or close to it. Supreme Court allows drawing of new Alabama congressional map to proceed, rejecting state’s plea 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z He has called for raising the voting age for Americans from 18 to 25, something that would require a constitutional amendment. To TikTok or not to TikTok? One GOP candidate joins the app even as he calls it ‘digital fentanyl’ 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z He has called for eliminating entire federal agencies, including the FBI, raising the voting age to 25, and pegging the value of the U.S. dollar to the price of gold. Governors eclipsed by Trump in GOP race, hobbled by voters’ anti-establishment fervor 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z The current district contains a Latino voting age population of 51.5%, a slim majority that “fails to afford them equal opportunity to elect their preferred candidates,” Lasnik said. WA lawmakers won’t call a special session on Yakima Valley district map 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z At the end of 2022, about 19 million of Taiwan's 23 million people were eligible to vote, with about a third aged between 20 - the legal voting age - and 39, government data shows. Taiwan parties battle for younger voters as high-stakes elections loom 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Though the new district has a majority of Latinos of voting age, the map included areas that historically have had lower voter turnout and carved out areas with high Latino voter participation. Order to redraw discriminatory WA district map is the right call | Editorial 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z The report states that 9% of Tennessee’s voting age population is disenfranchised because of a felony conviction. Tennessee now requires court order or proof of pardon to restore felon voting rights 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Pringle said the district, which would have a Black voting age population of 42% under his bill, would be a swing district that could be won by either a Republican or a Democrat. After court ruling, Alabama GOP criticized for rejecting 2nd majority-Black congressional district 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z “Any plan with a low Black voting age population does not appear to comply with the Court’s instruction,” Ross wrote in an email. Alabama Republicans, despite Supreme Court ruling, reject call for second majority Black district 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Black Mississippians account for 36% of the state's voting age population but 59% of those who have been disfranchised for life due to a felony conviction. US Supreme Court won't scrutinize Mississippi curb on voting by felons 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z “Unless we have a majority voting age population — a sizeable one — we will have nothing. I’m not mad at anyone, but you got to be real,” Joe Reed told the committee. Alabama lawmakers to convene to redraw maps US Supreme Court declared unfair to Black voters 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z A half dozen cities and towns in California and Maryland have lowered the voting age to 16 for either all local elections or school board elections, according to the National Youth Rights Association. Vermont town to let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in local elections, after legislature overrode veto 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Senators advanced an amended map where the Black voting age population would be 38% instead of 42% in the 2nd district. After court ruling, Alabama GOP criticized for rejecting 2nd majority-Black congressional district 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Given America’s inability to address the gun violence epidemic, I advocate that we lower the voting age to at least 14. Gun violence: Lower the voting age 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Disagreements among the opposition extend to whether Venezuelans living abroad who are of voting age should vote in the primary. Opponents compete to square off against Venezuela’s powerful leader 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z New Zealand’s electoral system needs significant changes such as a lower voting age of 16 to ensure democracy is more accessible, according to a draft report release on Tuesday. Russia launches air strike on Kyiv, city official says attack repelled 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z “However, I do not support lowering the voting age in Brattleboro, nor lowering the age to run for Town office and sign contracts on behalf of taxpayers.” Vermont town to let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in local elections, after legislature overrode veto 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z New Zealand’s electoral system needs significant changes such as a lower voting age of 16 to ensure democracy is more accessible, according to a draft report release on Tuesday. Chinese universities raise tuition fees by as much as 54% 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z "Raise the voting age to 21," she wrote on Twitter. GOP candidate wants to restrict voting for Americans between 18 to 25 amid Republican struggles 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Labour's 2019 manifesto included a commitment to "oversee the largest extension of the franchise in generations" by lowering the voting age to 16 and giving "full voting rights to all UK residents". Labour considers extending voting rights to EU citizens 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18. Ramaswamy proposes raising voting age to 25, unless people serve in military or pass a test 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Republican presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy is set to announce a proposal that would raise the voting age from 18 to 25 unless Americans serve in the military or pass a civics test. Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising voting age from 18 to 25 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “In most countries they do everything in their power to make sure that every citizen of voting age is able to vote,” Moore said. Bill would make it a felony to help people who vote absentee 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z "Let's raise the voting age to 28," he said on his program last year. GOP candidate wants to restrict voting for Americans between 18 to 25 amid Republican struggles 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The Greens and the Liberal Democrats also support lowering the voting age. Labour considers extending voting rights to EU citizens 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z More pushes for overall changes came during the Vietnam War, and, in 1970, Congress amended voting rights law, lowering the voting age in federal, state and local elections to 18. Ramaswamy proposes raising voting age to 25, unless people serve in military or pass a test 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z A number of liberal-run cities have pushed to lower the voting age to 16 for local elections or allow illegal immigrants to vote in their contests. Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising voting age from 18 to 25 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z "I think the voting age should be lowered - it strikes me as weird that you can drive a car at 17, but not vote for things that affect your country." Local Elections 2023: 'Politics is not something we talk about' 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z In the same election that vaulted Ezidore into office, the city narrowly voted down a measure that would have lowered the city’s voting age to 16. At 19, he won a local school board seat. His first civics lesson? Age discrimination 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z The bill also comes as many conservative pundits have pushed for raising the voting age in response to Gen Z overwhelmingly supporting Democrats in the 2022 midterm election. Florida GOP election bill aims to make it harder for Gen Z to vote 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z My grandchildren, when they reach voting age, will wonder why people ever thought sexual orientation or gender identity was such a big deal. Opinion | ‘Wokeness’ is winning 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Republicans often oppose efforts to lower the voting age, saying it is a naked attempt by liberals to amplify their power among young Americans. Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising voting age from 18 to 25 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z While that rate is still modest in comparison to many Western democracies, it marks a drastic change from elections under former leader Fidel Castro, when nearly every Cuban of voting age typically cast a ballot. As Cuba election day nears, some voters ask, 'why bother?' 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z An average of 57% of voting age eligible voters cast ballots in the last four presidential elections. Scranton to Biden: Love ya, Joe. But a 2024 run? 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Jacinda Ardern, who was the prime minister then, had said the government would draft legislation to reduce the voting age, which could then be put to a vote in parliament. New Zealand govt reverses move to introduce bill to lower voting age 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Most students in the country take it, often in their senior year as they reach voting age. Democracy dies without trust and truth: Shore up civics in schools 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z It charges new members a one-time fee of $25,000 and annual dues that are partly based on the citizen voting age population in each state. G.O.P. States Abandon Bipartisan Voting Integrity Group, Yielding to Conspiracy Theories 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Those aged 16 or over are now able to vote in certain elections in Scotland and Wales - and at the 2019 election, Labour promised to reduce the overall voting age to 16. Forty years of monster raving loony wannabe MPs 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Austria and Brazil have already lowered the voting age to 16. The case to let children vote: Why law professor Adam Benforado calls for a “minor revolution" 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z But Hipkins said he would introduce a bill to lower the voting age for local government elections as that would only require a regular majority in the parliament. New Zealand govt reverses move to introduce bill to lower voting age 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Everett Piper argues against a call by liberals to lower the federal voting age to 16, saying the move “has to be one of the dumbest things ever uttered by our progressive betters.” On Background: Big government getting bigger 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Opponents of the lower voting age, particularly on the right, say the push is nothing more than political opportunism from left-leaning politicians looking to sweep up more votes. Political left wants to lower voting age to 16 with the change launched in cities, towns, Congress 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The Democrats’ troubles last year were particularly pronounced in Miami-Dade, the state’s most populous county and home to 1.5 million Latinos of voting age. Head of Florida Democrats resigns after disastrous midterms 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z So I think one possibility is lowering the voting age just as we did to 18, we could simply lower the voting age to 17 or 16 or 15. The case to let children vote: Why law professor Adam Benforado calls for a “minor revolution" 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z During their early years together, they played a key role in lowering the voting age to 18 from 21, a goal achieved with the ratification in 1971 of the 26th Amendment. Carey Parker, stalwart Senate aide to Ted Kennedy, dies at 88 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The legal minimum voting age is 18 and by registering children as well as getting people more than one vote, crooked politicians can inflate their support. Nigeria 2023 election: The hunt for children and the dead 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Darrell West, director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, said lowering the voting age isn’t a widespread innovation but some areas are experimenting with it to spur voter participation. Political left wants to lower voting age to 16 with the change launched in cities, towns, Congress 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Disenfranchisement: Student activists in Oakland worked for years to lower the voting age to 16 for school board races. She Sold the French Laundry. Then It Became the ‘Best Restaurant in the World.’ 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The voting age in the U.S. used to be 21. The case to let children vote: Why law professor Adam Benforado calls for a “minor revolution" 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z When the New Zealand Supreme Court ruled last week that the voting age of 18 breached the human rights of younger people, it reignited the debate both there and in neighboring Australia. New Zealand and Australia Ponder a Lower Voting Age 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z There was also a referendum to lower the voting age from 20 to 18, which was defeated, according to local media. Taiwan president resigns as party leader after election loss 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Another Maryland town in Washington’s heavily Democratic suburbs — Takoma Park — led the charge in 2013 by becoming the first jurisdiction in the U.S. to lower its voting age for local elections to 16. Political left wants to lower voting age to 16 with the change launched in cities, towns, Congress 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Voters also rejected lowering the voting age from 20 to 18, in a referendum that was run alongside the local elections. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen quits as party chair after local elections 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z So one approach would be this gradual lowering of the voting age for everything. The case to let children vote: Why law professor Adam Benforado calls for a “minor revolution" 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z The question of voting age has taken on a new dimension in the past few years as climate change becomes an increasingly pressing issue. New Zealand and Australia Ponder a Lower Voting Age 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z This election also involves a referendum to lower the voting age to 18. Taiwan votes in local elections amid China tensions 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Council tabled a measure in 2018 that would have lowered the voting age to 16 for local and federal elections in the nation’s capital. Political left wants to lower voting age to 16 with the change launched in cities, towns, Congress 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z There’s also a referendum to lower the voting age from 20 to 18. Taiwan votes on lower voting age, mayors, city councils 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z There is also a vote on lowering the voting age to 18 from 20, which both parties support. Taiwan votes in local elections amid tensions with China 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z A similar court challenge was launched in Canada last year, while young climate activists in other countries like the U.K. have also pushed to lower the voting age. New Zealand and Australia Ponder a Lower Voting Age 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z He supports same-sex marriage and lowering the voting age from 20 to 18. Looking for a boost, Taiwan's oldest political party turns to the great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Proponents of lowering the voting age say persons aged 16 and 17 work, pay taxes and will be impacted by policy decisions, so they deserve to have a say in their political representation. Political left wants to lower voting age to 16 with the change launched in cities, towns, Congress 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z There will also be a vote on whether to lower the voting age to 18 from 20, which both parties support. Factbox: Five facts and questions about Taiwan's local elections 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z New Zealand’s Supreme Court ruled that the current voting age of 18 was discriminatory, the BBC reports. Your Tuesday Briefing: Indonesia’s Deadly Earthquake 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Some academics have even suggested that the voting age should be even lower. New Zealand and Australia Ponder a Lower Voting Age 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The ruling does not mean that the voting age will definitely be lowered. New Zealand Supreme Court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court found that the current voting age of 18 was inconsistent with the country's Bill of Rights, which gives people a right to be free from age discrimination when they have reached 16. New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z However, changing New Zealand’s voting age would require agreement from a 75% supermajority of lawmakers, and even proponents acknowledge they don’t have the support to make it happen. New Zealand group wanting voting age set at 16 wins in court 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Saturday’s contest was the first time that Malaysians between the ages of 18 and 20 could vote, after the government lowered the minimum voting age in 2019. Malaysians Were Pitched Political Stability. Elections Created More Chaos. 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z But other social scientists have argued that there is no evidence that young people today are more politically engaged than those in the past, or that lowering the voting age would increase political participation. New Zealand and Australia Ponder a Lower Voting Age 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Not all parties support the lowering of the voting age. New Zealand Supreme Court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z But it does not force parliament to change the voting age. New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Proponents are hopeful, though, that they can get the voting age lowered to 16 for local council elections as a first step, as that change requires only a regular majority of lawmakers. New Zealand group wanting voting age set at 16 wins in court 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The wild card is the 6 million new voters, including over 1.2 million 18- to 21-year-olds who are newly eligible after a law lowered the voting age. What to know ahead of Malaysia’s general elections 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z In New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she will draft legislation to change the voting age to 16, and personally supports the idea. New Zealand and Australia Ponder a Lower Voting Age 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The centre-right National party opposes the move, while the Labour party is yet to state whether it would support a change in voting age or not. New Zealand Supreme Court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The Green Party wants immediate action to lower the voting age to 16, but the largest opposition party, the National party, does not support the shift. New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z A number of countries are debating whether to lower their voting age. New Zealand group wanting voting age set at 16 wins in court 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Young voters form a sizeable portion of the six million people newly eligible to cast a ballot, following reforms that lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 and allowed automatic registration. Young Malaysians urged to 'get mad' and vote to end political merry-go-round 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z In Australia, too, Liberal senators have said that they “don’t see the need” to change the voting age. New Zealand and Australia Ponder a Lower Voting Age 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z New Zealand's Supreme Court has ruled that the country's current voting age of 18 is discriminatory, meaning parliament must discuss whether it should be lowered. New Zealand Supreme Court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The seat has the highest share of white residents of voting age in a rapidly diversifying state, and it includes some of Arizona’s wealthiest communities. Some of the House Races That Remain Undecided and by How Much 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z But New Zealand’s ruling liberal Labour Party has yet to take a stance on lowering the voting age while the two main conservative opposition parties oppose a change. New Zealand group wanting voting age set at 16 wins in court 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z A youth-driven push for a ballot measure to lower the voting age will likely fall short in Culver City after months of advocacy on both sides. Measure to lower voting age to 16 is on the ropes in Culver City in early returns 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The state’s largest county in population and a Democratic stronghold, home to 1.5 million Latinos of voting age, has been a staging ground for virtually every successful statewide Democratic campaign for the last two decades. GOP rides Latino support in Florida as Miami-Dade turns red 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The case was brought by campaign group Make It 16, which wants the voting age reduced to include 16 and 17 year olds. New Zealand Supreme Court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “Democracy needs to revise itself,” said Mr. Lin, 26, a candidate for a local council, campaigning for efficient trash removal and lowering Taiwan’s voting age to 18 from 20. The World’s Democracies Ask: Why Can’t America Fix Itself? 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z In the district, which has long tilted blue, Democrats have more than a 17-percentage-point voter registration advantage and the voting age population is 59% Latino. Farmer vs. farmworker's son. What this race for Congress means in California's Central Valley 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Across the U.S., a small number of communities have put ballot measures to lower the voting age before voters over the last decade. Measure to lower voting age to 16 is on the ropes in Culver City in early returns 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The GOP is also bullish about its standing in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, home to 1.5 million Latinos of voting age and a Democratic stronghold for the past 20 years. What to watch in the high-stakes 2022 midterm elections 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Analysts said the addition of 6 million new voters due to a lower voting age also adds to the uncertainty, while voter turnout could be impacted by bad weather. Campaigning kicks off for Malaysia’s general elections 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z A lot of countries register voters nationally and some automatically enrol them when they reach voting age, while others aggressively push the idea of registration. Midterms turnout: Could Australia-style voting help in US? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z What Bromberg terms "the forgotten amendment" lowered the voting age in the U.S. from 21 to 18 and outlawed age discrimination with regard to ballot access. "Young people are fed up": Inside the fight to defend young voters 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Wyman was young — just a year older than the era’s minimum voting age — when she entered the male-dominated world of the council as the panel’s first Jewish woman. Rosalind Wyman, the youngest person ever elected to the Los Angeles City Council, has died 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Some five million will be voting for the first time, largely as a result of the government lowering the minimum voting age to 18 years from 21 last year. Factbox: How Malaysia's election system works 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z But turnout still sagged below 60 percent of voting age Americans, a benchmark that it last topped in 1968 after falling from highs of 80 percent in the 19th century. Walter Dean Burnham, Who Traced Political Parties’ Shifts, Dies at 92 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Some five million will be voting for the first time, largely as a result of the government lowering the minimum voting age to 18 years from 21. Factbox: How Malaysia's election system works 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The state’s transient population has made building a reliable base of voters difficult, with would-be voters leaving in search of work elsewhere, as more children of immigrants in the state reach voting age. Democrats’ Troubles in Nevada Are a Microcosm of Nationwide Headwinds 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The students, many of them on the cusp of voting age, spend up to two weeks each fall exploring how falsehoods, prejudices and opinions can lurk in the many places they get information. When Teens Find Misinformation, These Teachers Are Ready 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Now my daughter is 6 years closer to being of voting age, and she’s growing up in a transformed world. Perspective | Two women are running for Michigan governor. It’s no feminist victory. 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Maryland has been a vanguard on youth civic engagement in part because its constitution has made it easy for communities to pass measures to lower the voting age. Students on school boards can vote, Maryland high court rules 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The poll in 1970 marked the first time teenagers were allowed to participate in a UK election after the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18. Tory leadership contest: Under-18s who get to pick the next PM 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z The Twenty-Sixth Amendment reduced the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z More than three-quarters of Kenya's population are under 35 and a big chunk of those are of voting age. Kenya election 2022: Charts that explain the nation 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z In South Korea, Mr. Noh was among the lawmakers who campaigned to lower the minimum age limit for candidates, arguing that the candidacy age should match the voting age, which had been 20 since 1960. As Young Blood Enters South Korean Politics, New (and Old) Barriers Emerge 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z They are the only communities in the nation where the voting age has been lowered to 16. Students on school boards can vote, Maryland high court rules 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Research on elections in Austria, the first European country to lower the voting age to 16, has shown evidence of youth motivation to participate in the democratic process as well. Tory leadership contest: Under-18s who get to pick the next PM 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Since the 1971 passage of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, voter turnout in the under-25 range has been low. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z There are currently about 6.7 million people of voting age in New York City. New York judge rules law allowing non-citizens to vote is unconstitutional 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The effort succeeded in stages: The voting age was lowered to 19 in 2005. As Young Blood Enters South Korean Politics, New (and Old) Barriers Emerge 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z In California, Berkeley and Oakland both passed measures lowering the voting age for school board races, but the laws have yet to be implemented. Students on school boards can vote, Maryland high court rules 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z These have been used 16 times since the Scottish Parliament was created in 1999, and have allowed MSPs to legislate in areas from the construction of railways to reducing the voting age in Scottish elections. No reason Scotland can't have legal Indyref, says SNP 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Many of them will be first-time voters, as 18 is the voting age. Nigeria's Falz and Teni back Inec's voter registration drive 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z When the government of Yoon's predecessor, Moon Jae-in, lowered the voting age by one year, to 18, young voters were expected to be a boon to his liberal party. Teen candidates in local S.Korea races reveal youth vote's power 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Democrats have a 14-point edge in the district, and Latino citizens of voting age make up just over 50% of the population. California congressional races to watch in the June primary 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z The other candidates lagged far behind in the March 17-21 survey, which polled 2,400 Filipinos of voting age nationwide with a margin of error of 2 percentage points. Philippine vote: Volunteers back reformer vs dictator’s son 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z “I am unaware of the Black voting age population of District 14,” he said of the proposed district that would pack together Black voters from Tampa and St. Petersburg. Florida Senate Passes Congressional Map Giving G.O.P. a Big Edge 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z The electoral system has been tweaked this year, lowering the minimum voting age to 16 from 18. Malta goes to polls with Labour expected to win third term 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Cushing became politically active early on, speaking on the floor of the New Hampshire legislature as a teenager to argue that the voting age should be lowered from 21 to 18. Renny Cushing, ‘stalwart’ opponent of the death penalty, dies at 69 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Lawmakers lowered the minimum voting age to 18 from 19 and the age limit for running for Parliament to 18 from 25. Meet South Korea’s Swing Voters: Young, Broke and Angry 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z It lowered the voting age to 18 in all elections in the United States. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “For those people who were over the voting age in 1980, and still alive today, they have experienced the Charlie Brown and Lucy with the football experience,” he said. Trust erodes in everything from church to schools to the presidency during Biden’s first year 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Labour bids to remove the voter ID section of the bill, and introduce a new clause to lower the voting age to 16 in the UK, were defeated. Elections Bill: MPs approve plans for voter ID checks 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Almost every person of voting age he was living with, he knew, voted for Trump, and Trump signs stood all over the neighborhood. The Capitol Police and the Scars of Jan. 6 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z In all, in a state with a 17 percent Asian population, the map contains six congressional districts where 30 percent or more of the citizens of voting age are Asian. Latinos and Democrats benefit from new California congressional map 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Nearly one-third of the state’s 52 new congressional districts would have a majority of Latino citizens of voting age under the new maps. Latino political power is a big winner in California's new congressional map 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Latinos make up about 46,000 of the city’s residents, of which 4 out of 5 are of voting age. Does Pasadena's Rose Parade disenfranchise voters? 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z The coalition partners want to lower the voting age in national elections from 18 to 16. Olaf Scholz voted in to replace Angela Merkel as Germany’s leader 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The coalition partners want to cut the voting age in national elections from 18 to 16. Germany on new path as Scholz replaces Merkel as chancellor 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z But the one demographic that did rise in numbers since the last redistricting a decade ago was Latinos, particularly citizens of voting age. Latinos and Democrats benefit from new California congressional map 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z A plan to reduce the voting age from 18 to 16 does not appear to have captured the public imagination either. Ready for power: Team Scholz promises a new Germany 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The firm found that although no current or proposed districts contain a majority of Latinos citizens of voting age, two could “easily” be drawn with such populations. Does Pasadena's Rose Parade disenfranchise voters? 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z The maps have 12 districts with more than 50% residents who are Latino citizens of voting age, plus one with just under 50%. Latino, Asian American, LGBTQ activists: They want to shape California's congressional maps 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z As a teen, Machida advocated for lowering the voting age to 18 from 20, a 2016 change designed to encourage youth civic engagement. In world awash in angry politics, Japan is so quiet that young voters are courted just to talk 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z One proposal being considered by the board would create a district that has nearly 54% Latinos of voting age, including portions of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Orange and Santa Ana. Orange County hasn't had a Latino supervisor in more than a decade. Will redistricting change that? 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The Senate version pushed the share of Hispanic citizens of voting age to 48% – down from 52.6% under the current map. Texas House finalizes gnarled US House map that gives GOP bounty from decade of Hispanic growth 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z They also agree on several things; both parties want to legalize cannabis and lower the voting age to 16. Skateboards, Climate Change and Freedom: Germany’s Next-Generation Parliament 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z He also pledged to immediately lower the minimum voting age from 21 to 18, ensure bipartisan agreement on any new bill and get opposition input on the country’s economic recovery. Malaysia PM wins opposition support as Parliament resumes 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Lowering the voting age to 18 allowed more students to discuss politics. In world awash in angry politics, Japan is so quiet that young voters are courted just to talk 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z His offer also includes: bipartisan agreement on every bill to be introduced in parliament, input from opposition parties’ on a national recovery council and immediate lowering of the minimum voting age from 21 to 18. Malaysia PM to sign cooperation pact with opposition to shore up support 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z His offer also includes: bipartisan agreement on every bill to be introduced in parliament, input from opposition parties' on a national recovery council and immediate lowering of the minimum voting age from 21 to 18. Malaysian PM proposes political reforms to woo opposition 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z It includes racial and ethnic data as well as the voting age population of each location. US census: Hispanic and Asian-American driving US population growth 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z “The surest and most just way to harness the energies of and moral conscience of youth is to open the door to full citizenship by lowering the voting age,” Mr. Bayh said. Opinion | Thomas Jefferson Gave the Constitution 19 Years. Look Where We Are Now. 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The redistricting data includes counts of population by race, Hispanic origin, voting age and housing occupancy status at geographic levels as small as neighborhoods. Ohio urges judges to keep Census Bureau on data deadline 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z In 1928, the minimum voting age for British women was lowered from 30 to 21 - the same age as men. Today in History 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z That statement was in tension with the controlling opinion in a 1970 decision that allowed Congress to lower the minimum voting age in congressional elections to 18 from 21. Constitutional Challenges Loom Over Proposed Voting Bill 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Currently the voting age limit in England is 18. What would England's teens vote for if they could? 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z After changes the voting age was lowered in time for the Senedd election, allowing 16 and 17 year olds to vote for the first time in an election in Wales. Welsh election: Thousands of 16-17-year-olds not registered to vote 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z It orders a study of voter turnout in localities that allow residents under 18 years old to participate in some elections, suggesting Democrats are gearing up to lower the federal voting age. ‘Absolute power grab’: Dems’ election overhaul extends far beyond ballot box 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Earlier this legislative session, similar bills were introduced to pull the voting age down to 16, but the measures failed to gain traction. Bills would allow some 17-year-olds to vote in primaries 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z If you’re a Georgian of voting age and are unaware there are upcoming runoff elections for two U.S. Editorial Roundup: Georgia 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z But this year’s participation by 70.8% of eligible voters may be even more historic due to the lower voting age. More eligible Californians voted in November's election than any time since 1952 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18, while divorce and abortion laws were relaxed, in spite of fierce opposition from the Catholic Church. Obituary: Valéry Giscard D'Estaing 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z France’s leader from 1974 to 1981, Giscard presided over a modernisation of French society, allowing divorce by mutual consent, legalising abortion and lowering the voting age to 18 years from 21. Former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing was architect of EU integration 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Among the new voting age cardinals is the first African-American, Cardinal-designate Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington, D.C. New cardinals quarantine in pope’s hotel ahead of ceremony 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Divisive political rhetoric is the norm for me as a 32-year-old who came of voting age after 9/11, not the exception. Column: As Trump leaves office, we talk about 'bridging divides.' Is that really possible? 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z It was so convoluted that almost 900,000 people were still disenfranchised on election day – including about one in every six black Floridians of voting age. America's flawed democracy: the five key areas where it is failing 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Their targets include an estimated 23,000 young Georgians who reach the legal voting age of 18 between the Nov. 3 general election and the January runoff. Dems, GOP take different approaches on Georgia Senate blitz 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The turnout rate in last week’s presidential election eclipsed the 61.6% of voting age Americans who voted in the 2008 election. Election 2020 Today: Transition limbo, Biden’s new fight 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Luckily for teachers, the election has absorbed the attention of high school students, many of whom are just at the cusp of voting age. What it’s like to teach — and learn — remotely through the 2020 presidential election 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z He said more than 70% of the voting age population is expected to vote and that the number of votes is expected to be an all-time record. AP News Guide: A look at Maine’s general election 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z So new voters, such as those who have reached voting age or moved into the state, also are included in the number to target in battleground states. 20 million Americans didn’t vote in 2016′s closest battlegrounds 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z This particular referendum was so instrumental that the government lowered the voting age from 18 to 16. From an act of survival in 1979 Iran to a civic duty in 2020 America 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Of the 100 million US Snapchat users, 80 percent are of voting age, the company said. Snapchat’s dancing hot dog returns for Election Day 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Millions were of voting age but didn’t register. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Then I cast my ballot: at polling places since I first came of voting age, now by mail. Readers share what the 2020 election means to them 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z About 3 million Americans of voting age were living abroad as of 2016, according to the Federal Voting Assistance Program. US voters living abroad sue for access to electronic voting 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z A ban that has kept more than one in five Black Floridians of voting age off the voting rolls. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Giscard presided over a modernisation of French society, allowing divorce by mutual consent, legalising abortion and bringing down the voting age to 18 from 21. Former French President Giscard d'Estaing admitted to hospital: aide 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Advocates of the measure say lowering the voting age would instill a lifelong habit of voting. Major US city may soon allow 16-year-olds to vote, could others could follow suit? 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z And not least, the teenagers on TikTok today may not yet be voting age, but they will be soon. Why TikTok was destined to land in Trump’s crosshairs 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z “This ease of registering to vote in New Hampshire is reflected in the high percentage of eligible voting age individuals who are able to register and vote every year.” New Hampshire governor vetoes redistricting bill 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z For young people in this country who have just come of voting age, they have lived their whole lives in a nation at war. Can the next president finally shift U.S. foreign policy away from endless war? 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z Many were not even of voting age when Mr. Netanyahu took office in Israel 11 years ago. After Early Success, Israel’s Netanyahu Faces Fury for Flubbing Virus Fight 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Trending up: Facebook pinned a box with information about voter registration on the top of the News Feed for every US user who is of voting age. How Twitter is shifting the power balance from companies to their employees 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Clegg made a commitment on Thursday that “every Facebook user of voting age in the US will be given information, prominently displayed on the top of their News Feed, on how to register to vote”. Jim Steyer: the man who took on Mark Zuckerberg 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z Constitution, which lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18. Today in History 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z Facebook will pin a box with information about voter registration on the top of the News Feed for every US user who is of voting age starting tomorrow, July 3rd, the company announced today. Facebook will pin voting registration links to the top of the News Feed for all US voters 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that lowered the minimum voting age to 18. Today in History 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z In one county, the number of registered voters actually exceeded the number of people of voting age. Lawsuit claims Michigan risks fraud, as county has more registered voters than people who can vote 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z But he also voted against other liberal priorities, such as lowering the voting age to 16 and guaranteeing tipped workers a full minimum wage in addition to gratuities. In D.C.’s Ward 8, Trayon White’s grass-roots activism approach is on the ballot 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Political scientists observe that our views over the long run are much affected by our reaction to the person in the White House when we get to voting age. Opinion | What we owe to the Class of 2020 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z During his term he legalised abortion, simplified divorce and lower the voting age to 18. Ex-French president accused of sexual harassment 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Voters on Wednesday included two women 116 years of age and 18-year-olds newly allowed to vote thanks to a lowered voting age. Democracy beats the coronavirus in South Korea as election voters turn out in record numbers 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z It’s also a rite of passage when young people reach voting age. Editorial Roundup: West Virginia 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z A 16-year-old allowed to vote in local elections is more likely to become a future voter in presidential contests by the time they turn 18, the federal voting age, and in every subsequent election. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Texas is among the most restrictive, allowing teens to sign up only two months before they turn 18, the national voting age. Big Super Tuesday prizes a study in contrasts over voting 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z And Bloomberg knows that for people of voting age, TV is still the best way of getting yourself known. Debate Mike vs. TV-ad Mike: How Bloomberg revived the relevance of the political TV commercial 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z I’m not particularly passionate about lowering the voting age to 16 or requiring police officers to get purple belts in jujitsu. Opinion | Did I Just Get Yanged? 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The ballot measure’s supporters said Wednesday that about 312,000 Kentuckians of voting age were not allowed to vote last year because of the state’s “harsh voter disenfranchisement laws.” Lawmaker promotes measure to restore felon voting rights 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Lawmakers have introduced legislation on Beacon Hill that would ease the way for municipalities to voluntarily experiment with a lower voting age, and the idea deserves approval. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z It’s representational government in action, and should draw the attention and participation of every American of voting age, regardless of their interest or disdain for politics. Editorial Roundup: Alabama 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Supporters of a lower voting age include Democratic U.S. Bill would let 16 and 17-year-olds vote in local elections 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z For much of the 20th century, the minimum age for drinking in the United States dovetailed with the voting age, said Jonathan Parent, a professor of political science at Le Moyne College in Syracuse. When Are You Really an Adult? 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Some people they are trying to reach went to prison before they even hit the legal voting age of 18, so voting is unfamiliar. Ex-prisoners who can vote sought for Wisconsin 2020 election 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Lowering the voting age to 16 is not as radical as it might sound. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Some people they are trying to reach went to prison before they even hit the legal voting age of 18, so voting is unfamiliar. Ex-prisoners who can vote sought for Wisconsin 2020 election 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z “Voters should be concerned that the council is becoming less moderate,” said Mendelson, who counted on Evans to help block tax increases and efforts to lower the voting age, among other issues. Evans resignation leaves more liberal D.C. Council that’s more skeptical of businesses interests 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z After the end of Prohibition in 1933, most states set the drinking age at 21, which was also the minimum voting age at the time. When Are You Really an Adult? 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z And we want the voting age to be 18 and not 21. The year in protests: What happened next? 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z From free care for the elderly, free university tuition fees, reducing the voting age to 16 and payouts for Waspi women, the party attempted to speak to every sector of society. Five reasons why Labour lost the election 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z That figure rises to more than a quarter for the voting age black population. Kentucky restores voting rights to ex-felons 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Among Britain’s population of 66 million, 46 million are eligible to vote, including many young people who have reached voting age since the Brexit referendum more than three years ago. Brexit fight dominates as Britain goes to the polls 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z That philosophy continued in 1971, when Congress lowered the voting age to 18 in response to fury over the draft during the Vietnam War, which conscripted thousands of men between 18 and 21 into war. When Are You Really an Adult? 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Labour's manifesto promises to "oversee the largest extension of the franchise in generations" by giving full voting rights to all UK residents and reducing the voting age to 16. PM urges Corbyn to reconsider votes for EU citizens 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Britain’s voting age is 18, although Labour and other parties, including the centrist Liberal Democrats and environmentalist Greens, want it lowered to 16. Surge in new voters sparks talk of UK election ‘youthquake’ 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Britain’s voting age is 18, although Labour and other parties, including the centrist Liberal Democrats and environmentalist Greens, want it lowered to 16. Surge in new voters sparks talk of UK election ‘youthquake’ 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z It lists everyone of voting age the local council is aware of living at the property. How non-voters could decide the election 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z The voting age reduced across the UK from 21 to 18 in 1969. Major local electoral changes include votes at 16 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z A final vote on the draft itself will be obligatory for all voting age Chileans, according to the agreement. In win for protesters, Chile to vote on Pinochet-era constitution 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z A final vote on the draft itself will be obligatory for all voting age Chileans, according to the agreement. Chilean lawmakers agree to referendum on new constitution 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z "Standing at election time means the word peace and some of the other words we use get put in front of everybody who is of voting age," he says. The election losers who keep coming back for more 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Campus Reform’s Cabot Phillips weighed in Tuesday on "Fox & Friends," arguing that the push to lower the voting age is a political ploy to add more voters to the Democratic Party. Op-ed argues left-wing 'Squad' member is right and 16-year-olds should be allowed to vote 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z It is estimated lowering the voting age to 16 would add around 75,000 people to Wales' electoral roll. Major local electoral changes include votes at 16 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, a bid by Labour MP Stephen Doughty to lower the voting age to 16 failed in the Commons as Boris Johnson's plans for a December election were approved by MPs. Sixteen-year-olds 'champing at the bit' for vote 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z With the exception of the Conservative Party, political parties like Labour, the Liberal Democrats and SNP all supported lowering the voting age to 16 in the last election in 2017. Why 16-year-olds won’t get the vote in time for an election 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Outside Parliament, three 16-year-old friends who attend school together said they felt it was important to take part in the march even though they were still two years away from voting age. Anti-Brexit Protesters Descend on London as Parliament Debates 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z District Judge Carlton Reeves agreed in February, and legislators redrew District 22 and an adjoining district in March, swapping some precincts to increase the black voting age population to 58% in District 22. Analysis: Elections don’t always run according to calendar 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The assembly also intends lowering the voting age for its elections, under separate legislation, in time for the next Senedd poll in 2021. Major local electoral changes include votes at 16 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z In Wales changes to electoral rules are currently making their way through the Senedd to lower the voting age to 16 for the next assembly election in 2021. Sixteen-year-olds 'champing at the bit' for vote 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z The current voting age in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 18. Why 16-year-olds won’t get the vote in time for an election 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Even after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the ratification six years later of the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18, Prairie View students faced barriers. In rural Texas, black students’ fight for voting access conjures a painful past 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Labour have previously said in their 2017 election manifesto that they would "reduce the voting age to 16" from 18 - but with no reference to a second referendum. 'Under Labour 16-year-olds could get a vote on Brexit’ 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Like some of the teens on “Euphoria,” people born soon after Sept. 11, 2001, are beginning to reach voting age. 9/11 is becoming part of history. Want proof? Turn on your TV 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Times poll uses a panel of more than 7,000 American citizens of voting age, allowing their responses to be tracked over time. Democrats see Biden, Warren as close fits ideologically, view Sanders as more extreme 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The Cabinet Office - a government department that supports the prime minister - says the voting age will not change. Why 16-year-olds won’t get the vote in time for an election 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z It includes lowering the voting age for city elections to 16 and remaking the top levels of city government, in part by changing the composition of the city’s spending board. Brandon Scott leads the Baltimore City Council. He may be aiming higher. 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z A bill was then passed in 2015, lowering the voting age to 16 for local and Scottish parliament elections. 'Under Labour 16-year-olds could get a vote on Brexit’ 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Before voters approved Amendment 4, one in five black Floridians of voting age were barred from voting because of a criminal conviction — twice the rate of whites. Opinion | Why Are Florida Republicans So Afraid of People Voting? 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The three men, now of voting age, will meet O’Rourke for the first time Tuesday night. Beto O’Rourke invites high school football players who kneeled for anthem to Democratic debate 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z It says the state’s voting age population is about 30% black, while only one of the seven justices is black — about 14 percent. Lawsuit challenges Louisiana Supreme Court districts 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Along with expanded mental health services, they lobbied for legislation to strengthen gun control and lower the voting age, both of which failed. Feeling blue? Oregon students can take ‘mental health days’ 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z The voting age will be sixteen, opioids will be decriminalized, and every cop will wear a camera. How Andrew Yang’s Robot Apocalypse Can Heal a Divided Nation 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The Commerce Department has been surveying millions of U.S. households for years, asking the citizenship of each person of voting age within those households. Opinion | The U.S. already has enough citizenship data 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Basing representation on "citizenship voting age population," rather than total population, would be a radical departure from American tradition — just the sort of radical departure that bad-faith originalists love. Party of relentless bad faith: How Republican lies and hypocrisy hit an all-time high 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Last year, she worked with Vote16DC, an effort to lower the local voting age to 16, and testified on behalf of the campaign before the D.C. College student earns her place as one of the youngest ANC officers in D.C. history 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z “Even before I was of voting age, I saw Republicans accuse the Obamas of doing a ‘terrorist fist bump,’ so they’ve been clowns since I was a teen,” she said. Haunted by the Reagan era 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z The only requirement, Stine said, is the voters have to be at least 18 years old, Louisiana’s legal voting age. Louisiana’s having its own Iowa Straw Poll for Republicans 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z Most Americans would prefer fewer smokers, thus a push to raise the age, but they generally want more people to participate in elections, which explains lowering the voting age. Michael Samra death penalty case questions 18 as legal adult age 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z But D.C. lawmakers last November also narrowly rejected legislation to lower the voting age to 16, after two of the bill’s original co-sponsors flipped their position. Felons from D.C. could be able to vote from prison under proposed bill 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Theirs was an early salvo in a movement that would end in 1971 with the ratification of the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18 from 21. 16-Year-Olds Want a Vote. Fifty Years Ago, So Did 18-Year-Olds. 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z The amendments covered black people and women, allowed the people to elect senators instead of state legislatures, permitted District citizens to vote for president, abolished poll taxes and lowered the voting age to 18. Perspective | Almost 16 million voters were removed from the rolls. We should be alarmed. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The voting age, for example, is set by national law. How does voting work in European elections? 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z An amendment to create a 16-year-old voting age for federal elections gained support of 125 Democrats on the House floor this year, though the proposal was defeated. Michael Samra death penalty case questions 18 as legal adult age 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z It's already running a youth parliament and there are proposals to reduce the voting age to 16. Has Wales embraced assembly 20 years on? 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Fifty years later, there is a nascent movement to change the voting age again — this time to 16 — but there are some big differences between the efforts. 16-Year-Olds Want a Vote. Fifty Years Ago, So Did 18-Year-Olds. 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z But that announcement was overshadowed when she declined to answer questions on whether imprisoned felons should be able to vote and on whether the voting age should drop to 16. Kamala Harris’s questioning of Barr delivers a punch after an uneven campaign stretch 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z He also sponsored constitutional amendments lowering the voting age to 18 and allowing the replacement of vice presidents. The Latest: Hundreds gather honoring former Sen. Birch Bayh 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Baird, though, opposes lowering the voting age because there is no evidence that children today are any more mature than they were when the 18-year-old age was set four decades ago. Michael Samra death penalty case questions 18 as legal adult age 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z As written, the resolution would examine lowering the voting age only for school board elections. L.A. students want to lower voting age in school district elections to 16 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The New York Times recently spoke with activists from the movement 50 years ago, and people on different sides of the issue today, about the cause and the challenges of lowering the voting age. 16-Year-Olds Want a Vote. Fifty Years Ago, So Did 18-Year-Olds. 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Neither felon rights nor the voting age is likely to determine the Democratic nomination or the general election. Kamala Harris’s questioning of Barr delivers a punch after an uneven campaign stretch 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z “They now want to change the voting age to 16, abolish the Electoral College, and increase significantly the number of Supreme Court justices. Actually, you’ve got to win at the Ballot Box!” It’s the electoral college, stupid. And the Supreme Court. And the filibuster ... 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z She said she liked the idea of lowering the voting age because it would “inspire more young people,” but also made the argument to keep the voting age at 18. Gillibrand pushes back against progressive call to lower voting age 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Tyler said he hopes that instead of just expanding access to school board elections, officials seriously consider lowering the voting age for all municipal elections. L.A. students want to lower voting age in school district elections to 16 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z We didn’t think that would help us convince people that they should lower the voting age.” 16-Year-Olds Want a Vote. Fifty Years Ago, So Did 18-Year-Olds. 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Two years closer to voting age, he now leans left, and said he would register as an independent. How the Trump Era Is Molding the Next Generation of Voters 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Experts and advocates suggest other possibilities, including making Election Day a national holiday and lowering the voting age. Bounce houses, peer outreach help boost Wisconsin youth vote 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, lowered the U.S. voting age from 21 to 18. 2020 Democrats’ proposed Electoral College, voting age changes follow state actions 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Legislators are considering changing the state constitution to lower the voting age to 16 in all elections, including for federal office. Oregon teens push for lowering voting age to 16 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z By January 1970, students in 13 states were organizing to lower the voting age. 16-Year-Olds Want a Vote. Fifty Years Ago, So Did 18-Year-Olds. 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z State legislators are considering lowering the voting age to 16 for all federal and statewide elections. Oregon teens push for lowering voting age to 16 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z O’Rourke said last Tuesday that he would consider lowering the voting age to 16. From 'universal' income to Green New Deal, 15 far-out ideas from the 2020 Democratic field 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Thirteen states have attempted to lower the voting age since 2003 without success, but California and Oregon lawmakers are trying again with proposed constitutional amendments. 2020 Democrats’ proposed Electoral College, voting age changes follow state actions 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z A push to lower the voting age on the federal level fell short earlier this month. Oregon teens push for lowering voting age to 16 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The crowd chanted his name as he went inside to speak, rebuking Trump, telling a teenager he was open to the idea of lowering the voting age to 16, and calling for tougher gun laws. Gaga! Stefani! O’Rourke! White House hopeful causes a stir in Vegas 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Demographic changes since then might alter the results of a second referendum, with more young people reaching voting age, students say. For Young People, a March for a Second Brexit Vote Is Just the Start 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z “I’m open to the idea of a younger voting age. ... There’s some merit to it,” he said in New Hampshire. From 'universal' income to Green New Deal, 15 far-out ideas from the 2020 Democratic field 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z An Oregon Senate committee held a hearing Wednesday on a bill that would lower the voting age to 16. 2020 Democrats’ proposed Electoral College, voting age changes follow state actions 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Constitution lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in 1971. Oregon teens push for lowering voting age to 16 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z He was referring to calls by Democrats, including 2020 candidates, to stack more justices onto the Supreme Court and lower the voting age to 16. Trump on FBN: President reveals his 'dream' 2020 rival, says Dems becoming 'radicalized' 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The comments mark an increasing appetite in the 2020 Democratic field for challenging longstanding political traditions and institutions -- everything from the voting age to the Electoral College to the Senate filibuster. 2020 Dems take aim at filibuster, say Senate tradition should 'go the way of history' 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z He also would consider lowering the federal voting age to 16, scrapping the Electoral College, increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court, and eliminating the filibuster in the Senate. Beto O'Rourke, in NH, predicts he could take Texas in the general election 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z In California and Oregon, constitutional amendments have been introduced this year to lower the voting age. 2020 Democrats’ proposed Electoral College, voting age changes follow state actions 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The case concerns 11 voting districts drawn after the 2010 census, each with at least a 55 percent population of black residents of voting age. Supreme Court Weighs Race Challenge to Virginia Voting Map 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z And Bayh pushed for the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age for all elections, state and federal, to 18. Opinion | We’re living in Birch Bayh’s world. We just don’t know it. 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Legislation must be immediately adopted to lower the voting age to 16 and incorporate youth views into policy making. A manifesto for tackling the climate change crisis | UK Student Climate Network 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Asked about lowering the voting age to 16, O’Rourke said “I’m open to the idea of a younger voting age. ... There’s some merit to it.” Beto O'Rourke, in NH, predicts he could take Texas in the general election 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The 26th Amendment, proposed and speedily ratified in 1971, lowered the U.S. voting age from 21 to 18. Former U.S. Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana, women's rights champion,... 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Bayh used his position as head of the Senate’s constitutional subcommittee to craft the 25th Amendment on presidential succession and the 26th Amendment setting the national voting age at 18. Sen. Birch Bayh, author of Title IX law, dies at age 91 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z A yes vote was to lower the federal voting age to 16. How your U.S. lawmaker voted 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Oregon lawmakers are floating a bill that would ask voters to amend the state’s constitution to lower the voting age from 18 to 16-years-old under a plan unveiled Monday. Move over Millennials, Oregon lawmakers introduce bill to lower voter age to 16 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The Statesman Journal reports that several state lawmakers are introducing a bill that would ask voters to amend the Oregon Constitution to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 years old. Oregon to consider plan to lower voting age to 16 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Germany’s environmental political party, known informally as the Greens, may also benefit from the movement and incorporate some of the teens’ concerns into its agenda, especially as they reach voting age. ‘We don’t have time anymore’: In face of climate change, young people across Europe are protesting for their future 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Bayh’s push to lower the national voting age from 21 to 18 came amid protests over the Vietnam War and objections that Americans dying on battlefields were unable to vote in all states. Sen. Birch Bayh, author of Title IX law, dies at age 91 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Judicial Watch said it targeted Los Angeles after finding the county’s total voter population was higher than the number of people the Census Bureau estimates to be citizens of voting age in the county. Los Angeles County agrees to purge voter rolls in Judicial Watch settlement 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Constitution - ratified in 1971 - brought down the voting age requirement from 21 to 18. Move over Millennials, Oregon lawmakers introduce bill to lower voter age to 16 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z It is 50 years since Harold Wilson's government lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Should the UK raise or lower the voting age? 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z "All eligible citizens of voting age who interact with government agencies will be registered to vote, or have their existing registration information updated, unless they affirmatively decline." House Democrats unveil their first big bill: Protecting democracy in the Trump era 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Or even moderates alienated by the current state of political discourse, or teenagers approaching voting age who grew up more socially and environmentally progressive than their parents. What you know about the American south and climate change is wrong 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z We might find, for example, that there is no one below voting age living on a particular block. To Reduce Privacy Risks, the Census Plans to Report Less Accurate Data 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Ross announced the citizenship question in March, billing it as a way to help enforce the Voting Rights Act, which requires a tally of citizens of voting age to protect minorities against discrimination. Lawmaker aims to get citizenship question removed from U.S. census 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Perhaps rather than talking about lowering the voting age, should we consider raising it back to 21? Should the UK raise or lower the voting age? 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z In all, an estimated 52,000 Iowans, or 2 percent of the voting age population, are disenfranchised. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z While Republicans retain an advantage among Florida’s older white retirees, the state’s younger, nonwhite population is surging, with many of those Democratic-leaning people now reaching voting age. Democrat Bill Nelson concedes to Rick Scott in Florida race for Senate 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z This mechanism preserved their privacy, and kept summaries like the voting age population of the island correct, but also introduced some uncertainty into the data. To Reduce Privacy Risks, the Census Plans to Report Less Accurate Data 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Most encouraged him to vote for the bill, but he seemed skeptical that lowering the voting age would improve voting habits. D.C. Council declines to take up bill to lower voting age to 16 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The second realpolitik factor that divorces the voting age from principle is what policymakers sometimes call the "bleeding stump problem". Should the UK raise or lower the voting age? 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z The Brennan Center called it “the largest expansion of voting rights” since the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971. Before the Fights Over Recounts: An Election Day Vote on Voting 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Even now, they noted, black Floridians of voting age were disproportionately affected by the ban. 1.4 Million Floridians With Felonies Win Long-Denied Right to Vote 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z But a breakdown of the population by age shows a third of Texas Hispanics aren’t even of voting age. Betomania hits the red wall: Ted Cruz wins re-election in Texas 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Takoma Park, Md., which borders the District, in 2013 became the first municipality to lower the voting age to 16 for local elections and referendums. D.C. Council declines to take up bill to lower voting age to 16 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z That generation is now 11 years older — the core voting age of the Alternative for Germany. One Legacy of Merkel? Angry East German Men Fueling the Far Right 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z The act requires a tally of citizens of voting age to protect minorities against discrimination. Citizenship question could hamper U.S. Census response: official 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z City Council is preparing to vote on a bill to lower the voting age to 16 for all elections, both local and federal. Washington, DC, could let 16-year-olds vote for president 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Today, 1.6 million otherwise eligible Floridians are disenfranchised, including 1 in 5 black people of voting age. Opinion | Democracy itself is on the ballot this year 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z You are the largest, most diverse, and progressive group of potential voters in American history, comprising fully 30 percent of the voting age population. Message to millennials: vote 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Ambitious plans would be lowering voting age or statehood for DC and PR since they pay taxes with no Congressional representation. D.C. Statehood: Should activists go bipartisan, or try a Democratic power grab? 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z A bill he introduced in April would do just that, lowering the voting age to 16. Should 16-year-olds be able to vote? A majority of the D.C. Council thinks so 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z He’s best known for securing passage of the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. West Virginia to open Sen. Jennings Randolph collection 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Turnout is calculated by comparing the number of voters to an estimate of North Dakota’s voting age population. North Dakota turnout third worst in last 10 June elections 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z In 2015, the government lowered the voting age from 20 to 18. Why adults in Japan are getting younger 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The focus will be on students who will reach legal voting age by Election Day 2018. Gun control advocates push to make voter registration the legacy of Parkland shooting 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z During World War II, the voting age was 21 across the country. Should 16-year-olds be able to vote? A majority of the D.C. Council thinks so 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The trio also discussed issues affecting young people, including changes to the voting age and advice for those who wanted to reach the top in politics. Trudeau and Ardern 'are leading feminists' 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Local media report that the measure would lower the voting age from 18 for both federal and local elections. Legislation: Let DC teens vote in presidential elections 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z There are people of voting age who do not remember a time before Facebook. AI is an excuse for Facebook to keep messing up 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Young people who are just of voting age today weren’t even born when the Good Friday agreement was signed. Young people didn’t see the horrors. But they still care about the Good Friday agreement | Joe McHugh 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z But it wasn’t until the Vietnam War, when young protesters made the same argument, that Congress passed the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, which lowered the voting age to 18. Should 16-year-olds be able to vote? A majority of the D.C. Council thinks so 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z A District lawmaker wants to lower the voting age to 16, inspired by the high-schoolers who are campaigning for gun control and filled D.C. streets last month in a massive protest that mesmerized the country. Youthful March for Our Lives revives push to lower voting age to 16 in D.C. 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z It was another youth movement, against the Vietnam War, that pushed for the 26th constitutional amendment that lowered the national voting age to 18. Legislation: Let DC teens vote in presidential elections 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said that the Voting Rights Act required a tally of citizens of voting age to ensure that minority groups were not discriminated against. US adds citizenship question to census 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z In particular, those who will be voting age before this upcoming Election Day can press the candidates to make school safety, mental health and gun control paramount campaign issues. Montana Editorial Roundup 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Students who testified said lowering the voting age was also a matter of social justice, as issues such as gentrification and criminal justice disproportionately affect people of color. Should 16-year-olds be able to vote? A majority of the D.C. Council thinks so 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Student activism was credited for lowering the voting age once before, in 1971, when Congress passed the 26th Amendment to the Constitution to allow people 18 and older to vote. Youthful March for Our Lives revives push to lower voting age to 16 in D.C. 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z As a counter balance, perhaps lowering the voting age needs to be considered. Opinion | Babushkas for Putin 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z In 1970, when Congress turned to the 14th Amendment to justify lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 in state and local elections, the Supreme Court balked. The NRA’s lawsuit against Florida is flimsy 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z When they reach voting age, they should exercise that right, and work to elect representatives whose opinions reflect their own. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z This needs to change: The federal voting age in the United States should be lowered from 18 to 16. Opinion | Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Before the amendment, many states set the minimum voting age at 21. Youthful March for Our Lives revives push to lower voting age to 16 in D.C. 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z People just couldn’t believe a man of voting age would actually choose to live with his parents. Why do we still shame adults who live with their parents? 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Wouldn’t it be great if the voting age were lowered to 16? Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law prof, wants ‘Children’s Crusade’ for gun control, lower voting age 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Measuring the total number of citizens of voting age in a region is vital to understanding voting rights violations, the department argued. A Citizenship Question on the Census May Be Bad for Your Health 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z If the voting age were lowered, would that necessitate changing other laws to bring them into alignment? Opinion | Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z “You can’t listen to these 16- and 17-years-olds and say they are not mature enough to participate,” said Scott Warren, chief executive of Generation Citizen, a nonprofit overseeing a campaign to lower the voting age. Youthful March for Our Lives revives push to lower voting age to 16 in D.C. 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Measuring the total number of citizens of voting age in a region is vital to understanding voting-rights violations, the department argued. Public-health officials pan Justice Dept. bid to add citizenship question to census 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z As U.S.-born Latinos reach voting age, “they will never forget the fear and anxiety their parents endured.” Review | Who gets to dream? America’s immigration battles go beyond walls and borders. 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z She asked about increasing the number of women MPs - on the centenary of votes for women - before launching into the first of five questions about lowering the voting age to 16. Prime Minister's Questions: The verdict 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z In addition to the scientific case for lowering the voting age, there is also a civic argument. Opinion | Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z The Welsh Government wants to lower the voting age to allow younger people to vote at the council elections in 2022. Wales pushes ahead with votes for 16 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z I plan to vote for him when I reach legal voting age based on the incredible leadership and ethical code I witnessed while serving. Perspective | I was a teenage Senate page. The thought of ‘Senator Roy Moore’ makes me sick. 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The voting age for women was lowered to 21 in 1928, putting them on an equal footing with men. Celebrity Big Brother goes woman-only 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z We then came to the possible reason why she had chosen this subject - a past quote from Mr Lidington at the Youth Parliament, which appeared to suggest he supported lowering the voting age. Prime Minister's Questions: The verdict 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The last time the United States lowered the federal voting age was in 1971, when it went from 21 to 18. Opinion | Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z The Electoral Reform Society - who campaign for changes to the system - said the UK Government should follow Wales' example and lower the voting age for national polls. Wales pushes ahead with votes for 16 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z I'd think more for age, and if a person is over, say, eighty years of age, who needs a birth certificate to prove voting age eligibility? Older Voters Stymied by Tighter ID Requirements 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Census statistics show that Alabama’s voting age population is, on balance, whiter, poorer and less educated than the nation’s. For Alabama Women, Disgust, Fatigue and a Sense Moore Could Win Anyway 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Labour raised the age for buying cigarettes, fireworks, knives and even using sunbeds to 18, he said, hardly consistent, he suggested with reducing the voting age to 16. Prime Minister's Questions: The verdict 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z I would raise the voting age to 25. Opinion | Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Let's stop worrying about the interests of the "states," and instead worry about each American of voting age having equal power at the ballot box. Opinion | Let the People Pick the President 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who backs a reduction in the voting age, made an appearance in the Commons chamber to support Mr McMahon's Bill and was greeted with cheers from his MPs. Tory MPs accused of blocking votes at 16 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z And of course, some may belong to children under the voting age - another way in which they would fail to influence an election. Reality Check: When 126m isn't 126m on Facebook 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z This is the first House of Representatives election in which 18- and 19-year-olds were able to participate, after the voting age was lowered from 20. With a landslide win, Shinzo Abe could be ready to rewrite Japan's pacifist constitution 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Lowering the voting age to 16 isn't going to happen for the same reason Puerto Rico isn't a state: it doesn't suit Republicans. Opinion | Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Many youth organisations are calling for the government to lower the legal voting age to 16, and with good reason. Don’t write off young people. They care deeply about a better society | Elspeth Hopkins 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Proposals to allow Irish people living abroad to vote in presidential elections, and to reduce the voting age to 16 are also planned for June 2019. Ireland aims for abortion referendum 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The statements included assertions like: "The minimum voting age for UK general elections is now 16 years of age," and "The chancellor of the Exchequer is responsible for setting interest rates in the UK." How the internet helped Labour at the general election 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Members of the California Assembly have rejected a bill to lower the voting age to 17. The Latest: California lawmakers reject lowering voting age 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Therefore, it appears to me we should be discussing raising the minimum voting age. Opinion | Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z It is a right, and should not be conditioned on anything more than citizenship, and being of voting age. America steals votes from felons. Until it stops, our democracy will be weakened | Russ Feingold 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The Vietnam War spurred a movement to reduce the legal voting age from 21 to 18. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z How many legal noncitizens of voting age live in the U.S. today? Immigration agency balks at giving records to voter fraud commission 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Supporters argue lowering the voting age would foster a sense of civic duty before teenagers move away from home. The Latest: California lawmakers reject lowering voting age 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Since you must be at least 35 years to be elected President, we might consider making this the new minimum voting age. Opinion | Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z “Uncontested evidence in the record shows that the State’s mapmakers… purposely established a racial target: African Americans should make up no less than a majority of the voting age population.” SCOTUS ruling on North Carolina’s illegal political maps exposes GOP’s extreme partisan gerrymandering based on race 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z BBC News therefore included in its analysis people who were 17 in 2015, as they would be of voting age by the time the electoral registration figures were compiled in December 2016. Election 2017: Places with the lowest voter registration - BBC News 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The polling estimate for illegal immigrants living in the U.S. is another 11 million, approximately, with most of voting age. Immigration agency balks at giving records to voter fraud commission 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z "One person in particular was very angry and he's campaigning to get the voting age lowered to 16." Voters' views: Will Brexit fire up Stoke's dwindling electorate? - BBC News 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z The voting age is 18, and an estimated 55 million Iranians are eligible to vote. Iran presidential elections: everything you need to know 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z If the voting age was also reduced to 16 - as proposed in the Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green party general election manifestos - schools would have more of an incentive to teach politics, Mr Smith believes. Why the Don't Knows aren't voting - BBC News 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z The minimum voting age is 18 and there are about 50 million eligible voters. Five things Americans should know about Iran's upcoming presidential election 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Constitution should be amended to permit the lower voting age nationwide. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Virginia State Board of Elections, No. 15-680, concerned a dozen voting districts drawn after the 2010 census, each with at least a 55 percent population of black residents of voting age. Supreme Court Returns Virginia Voting District Case to Lower Court 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Of this 22 million, 20 million were 18 or older, the U.S. voting age requirement. Hillary Clinton received 800,000 votes from noncitizens, bolsters Trump argument, study finds 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z His group just reached a settlement with a Mississippi county to clean up its rolls, which have 10 percent more voters listed than the county’s total number of people of voting age. Watchdog sees need for election fraud probe 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z If the 2016 election had the same percentage of voting age population, about 2 million more voters would have gone to the polls. Did Clinton win more votes than any white man in history? - BBC News 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Constitution’s 26th Amendment was under consideration in 1970 - to lower the voting age to 18 from 21 - some people argued that 18-year-olds weren’t mature and responsible enough to be allowed to vote. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Some of the majority-minority districts that the state wanted to protect already had black voting age populations larger than that. High court hears arguments in two redistricting cases 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Virginia State Board of Election, No. 15-680, concerned 12 districts for the state’s House of Delegates drawn after the 2010 census, each with at least a 55 percent population of blacks of voting age. Justices Wrestle With Role of Race in Redistricting 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z There hasn’t been a meaningful amendment to the Constitution since the 26th amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971. 5 Radical Solutions to Fix Our Busted Government 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z One in 13 black Americans of voting age is disenfranchised due to a felony conviction, a rate four times greater than that of non-black people. Felony disenfranchisement: The untold story of the 2016 election 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Lower the voting age to 17, in Pennsylvania and nationally. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z To do that, Republicans said each of the districts would have a black voting age population of 55 percent. High court hears arguments in two redistricting cases 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z And they wondered how things might change when their more diverse, more inclusive generation is not only of voting age but running the place. Teens Who Couldn't Vote Struggle to Accept President Donald Trump 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Turnout for the presidential election in Wisconsin was about 66 percent of the voting age population, based on unofficial results. 590 provisional ballots cast in Wisconsin election 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z “And how many are of voting age right now?” It’s Someone’s Birthday? Yes It Is, Clinton Campaign Says 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z But his students, who are just a year or two away from voting age, often bring up the divisive language used by the candidates anyway. Teaching about politics is tough during this uncivil presidential race 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z As we reached voting age, we followed his example and accompanied him. Voting is a special privilege not to be taken likely 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z “African American disenfranchisement rates in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia now exceed 20 percent of the adult voting age population,” the report said. 6 million citizens, including 1 in 13 African Americans, are blocked from voting because of felonies 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The foundation measures turnout based on those who voted as a proportion of the voting age population - rather than those on the electoral register. Baby boomers 'dwarfed younger voters in 2015' - BBC News 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Among citizens of voting age in District 31, 47 percent are Hispanic, 36 percent are white and 15 percent are black, according to an analysis of census data by Andrew A. Beveridge, of Queens College. Adriano Espaillat Tests the Role of Kingmaker After His Historic Primary Win 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Each South Dakotan of voting age would be free to to support whichever candidate they choose. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The political clout of the St Louis Bosnian community has only increased as more Bosnian immigrants like Jasarevic become naturalized citizens, and as the first generation of children born to Bosnian immigrants reaches voting age. How Missouri's 'Bosnian vote' could cost Donald Trump – and turn the state blue 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z There are now more unmarried women of voting age than married women. Yearning for the Past 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z While nearly three million Floridians voted in the state primary, 1.6 million citizens of voting age were locked out of the polls. Florida editorial roundup 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z So the data is limited in that it doesn’t capture younger people of voting age. Will Trump have shot at winning state given our number of working-class white men? 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Sunday’s was the first major election since Japan lowered the voting age from 20 to 18, potentially adding 2.4 million voters. Shinzo Abe’s party scores a victory in Japan’s upper-house elections 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z The election was also significant because it was the first parliamentary election since the voting age was dropped from 20 to 18. Japan's ruling coalition wins election, opening door to constitutional change 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z This is the first nationwide election since the voting age was lowered from 20 to 18. Japan's Abe hoping for boost in parliamentary election - BBC News 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Sunday's was the first major election after the voting age was lowered from 20 to 18, potentially adding 2.4 million voters. Economy, security key issues as Japan votes for upper house 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Sunday’s was the first major election after the voting age was lowered from 20 to 18, potentially adding 2.4 million voters. Economy, security key issues as Japan votes for upper house 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z Lowering the voting age is aimed in part at increasing falling turnout among young people in general. Japan lowers voting age, but are young ready to vo 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The law to lower the voting age was passed last year. To Inspire Young Voters, Japan Tries Comics, Teen Models and a Talking Grain of Rice 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Behind Davis were young people with Afros and wearing bell-bottoms, there to remind TV viewers that it was Nixon who had prodded Congress to stop the military draft and lower the voting age to 18. If Party Conventions Seem More Like Infomercials, Blame Nixon 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Thanks to the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, some 11 million U.S. citizens have the right to vote today who otherwise wouldn't. Across the World, Where Are the Voters? 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in all elections and enfranchised more than 11 million new voters, about 4 million of them college students. College-Town Worry: Will 18-to-21 Voters Take Over? 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Voting, he says, is a habit best learned young, and the way to instill it is by dropping the voting age to 16. 'Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote': The 26th Amendment's Mixed Legacy 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Research also shows lowering the voting age to be a common-sense way to increase voter turnout in the short term and long term. We’re young. We care. We want to vote. 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z But at the end of the 1960s, when Obama was eight years old, the three contenders to succeed him had all reached voting age. Trump/Nixon: will 2016 make us witnesses to another revolution? 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z So is the 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, which lowered the voting age to 18. The Revolution on America’s Campuses 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z As a by-product of lowering the voting age to 18– College-Town Worry: Will 18-to-21 Voters Take Over? 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z That would all change with ratification of the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 – a groundbreaking change that ended often-violent street demonstrations and fundamentally altered the electorate. 'Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote': The 26th Amendment's Mixed Legacy 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Our neighbors in Takoma Park and Hyattsville became the first and second cities, respectively, in the United States to lower the voting age for local elections, and it’s paying off. We’re young. We care. We want to vote. 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Surely everyone in America of voting age is beyond familiar with Bill Clinton's well-documented affairs. Living in a Glass Tower, Throwing Stones 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z In 1990 only about 53 percent of the voting age population registered. Voter registration tops 3 million in South Carolina 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Indeed, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, a bipartisan group, has projected a 17 percent increase in Latino voter turnout from 2012 – largely because of the number of people reaching voting age. The Decline of the White Male Voter 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z "There were some attempts to lower the voting age, but none of those got quite enough support," says Blackerby, curator of "Amending America," a National Archives exhibit on constitutional amendments. 'Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote': The 26th Amendment's Mixed Legacy 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Lowering the voting age in local elections is a simple, common-sense way to engage young voters earlier and more effectively in the political process. We’re young. We care. We want to vote. 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Between then and now, approximately 3.2 million US citizen Latinos have turned voting age. Donald Trump's kryptonite: millions of active – and furious – Latino voters | Sabrina Vourvoulias 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z There are 32 million single, never married women in America of voting age, according to the most recent U.S. Donald Trump Is Already Losing Single Women by a Mile 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Just over half the voting age population is older than 45, Kane noted. The Bernie Sanders proxy war in Florida 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Our petition urges the Cameroonian House of Assembly to lower the voting age to 18. Think U.S. Voting Age Is Too High? It’s Worse in Cameroon 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z It’s time to lower the voting age to 16 for D.C. elections. We’re young. We care. We want to vote. 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Demographics: Of the 15.9 million Floridians who are of voting age, 12 million are currently registered to vote. From Ohio to Florida, your cheat sheet for the next crucial primaries 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Another problem for Sanders: There are roughly 100,000 more African American women than men of voting age, and that demographic, particularly the older set, tends to skew heavily toward Clinton. In South Carolina, Clinton and Sanders compete for black votes 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Hispanics already represent 18 percent of the voting age population in Florida, 28 percent in California, and 28 percent in Texas. These 5 Facts Show Why Demographics Are Destiny 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z We are working to lower the voting age in Cameroon and get more young people involved in our democracy. Think U.S. Voting Age Is Too High? It’s Worse in Cameroon 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Other countries, including Austria and Brazil, have lowered the voting age for their national elections, with positive results. We’re young. We care. We want to vote. 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z At a Bernie Sanders rally at Daniel Webster College in New Hampshire on Monday morning, some students of voting age at the event were not even sure why they were there. The independent, all-knowing New Hampshire voter and other election myths 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Any Iowan who is registered to vote and will be of voting age before the election can register as a Republican or Democrat and participate in that party’s caucus. Why Iowa Matters in Presidential Elections 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The government overturned a previous change to the EU Referendum Bill on the voting age, saying it would cost £6m. EU referendum: Lords defeat Labour bid for votes at 16 - BBC News 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z To encourage participation, the government lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, and launched its own campaign. Saudi Women to Vote and Run for First Time in Nationwide Municipal Election 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Daniel Hart, a psychology professor at Rutgers University who has studied whether the voting age should be lowered, played down concerns about the impulsive tendencies of teenagers. Campaign to Lower Voting Age to 16 in Local Races Ignites a Debate 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The unelected House of Lords has backed lowering the voting age from 18 to extend the franchise for the referendum, which is scheduled to take place before the end of 2017. UK lawmakers reject proposals to let 16, 17-year-olds vote in EU referendum 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z “It’s good for them, at this age, to start forming political opinions,” he said, “so when they get to voting age, they understand what they’re doing.” Students test knowledge of Constitution, Bill of Rights 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Last week, peers amended the EU Referendum Bill, which paves the way for the in-out referendum before the end of 2017, in order to lower the voting age. EU referendum: Lords defeat Labour bid for votes at 16 - BBC News 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Supporters of lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, what in 1971 became the 26th Amendment to the U.S. 'Secret Agent Man' and 'Eve of Destruction' songwriter P.F. Sloan dies at 70 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Joseph Jackson, 17, a member of the youth council in Richmond, Calif., is working on a draft bill that would lower the voting age in his city’s local elections. Campaign to Lower Voting Age to 16 in Local Races Ignites a Debate 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z There is a knee-jerk reaction that lowering the voting age is an odd idea, he says. D.C.’s 16- and 17-year-olds are eager to vote for president. But should they? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z If America can amend the US Constitution in 3 months to lower the voting age to 18 then clearly we can amend it to give women the... Supreme Court to Hear Texas Abortion Law Case 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Earlier this year the government was defeated on a similar amendment - lowering the voting age for elected mayors. EU poll 'may be pushed back' if 16 and 17-year olds get vote - BBC News 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The assembly will also be given more powers over the running of its own affairs, including the voting age for its elections, and the right to call itself a parliament. Draft Wales Bill outlines new powers to be devolved - BBC News 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Efforts to lower the voting age have drawn scattered support at the state and local levels across the country. Campaign to Lower Voting Age to 16 in Local Races Ignites a Debate 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z And there’s another reason she supports the younger voting age. D.C.’s 16- and 17-year-olds are eager to vote for president. But should they? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The findings come from a poll of 1,002 adults of voting age, conducted by ScienceDebate and Research!America, a pair of nonprofit policy groups working to increase the role of science in public decision-making. Voters to Candidates: Know Your Science! 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP MPs support lowering the voting age and there are also some Conservative MPs who are also in favour. EU poll 'may be pushed back' if 16 and 17-year olds get vote - BBC News 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Her track career was taking off just as she was approaching voting age in Ethiopia. Running for their lives, Ethiopians seek a safer track in Washington 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The campaign, called Vote16USA, which will be announced on Wednesday, aims to lower the voting age to 16 from 18 to spur civic engagement by younger Americans. Campaign to Lower Voting Age to 16 in Local Races Ignites a Debate 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z And just last month in Australia, the opposition Labor Party called for the voting age to be lowered to 17 or 16. D.C.’s 16- and 17-year-olds are eager to vote for president. But should they? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z This shift will be especially pronounced in states such as Florida and Nevada, where large numbers of Hispanics are reaching voting age. What It Will Take to Win in 2016 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z He would also lower the voting age to 16. What is Andy Burnham's programme for government? - BBC News 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z One recent study finds, “1 of every 13 African Americans of voting age is disenfranchised, a rate more than four times greater than non-African Americans.” The GOP wants to jail the vote: How the prison-industrial complex is directly undermining democracy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Advocates, however, argue that lowering the voting age would increase turnout, allow teenagers to weigh in on issues that directly affect them and push schools to improve civic education. Campaign to Lower Voting Age to 16 in Local Races Ignites a Debate 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Unfortunately these youths have not reached voting age. Donald Trump and other people who want to be king of America, ranked 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The LDP’s chief aim is to lower the age at which the Juvenile Act applies, from 20 to 18—in line with a recent lowering of the voting age. Victims’ justice 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z They are disproportionately black, about 20 percent of African-Americans of voting age are not allowed to vote. Kentucky editorial roundup 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The reason for why mass incarceration might depress black male turnout is simple: Both the Census Bureau and Ansolabehere/Hesh measure turnout as a share of citizen voting age population. The GOP wants to jail the vote: How the prison-industrial complex is directly undermining democracy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Wu, who sits on Vote16USA’s 12-member youth advisory board, is working on a campaign to lower San Francisco’s voting age for local elections. Campaign to Lower Voting Age to 16 in Local Races Ignites a Debate 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z One in every 13 African Americans of voting age is disenfranchised because of a felony conviction – a rate more than four times greater than the rest of the US population. #BlackLivesMatter: the birth of a new civil rights movement 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z First, the movement to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 began in World War II when President Franklin Roosevelt lowered the draft age to 18. Why Hillary Clinton's Call for Automatic Voter Registration Scares the GOP 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The country last changed its voting age in 1945, the year Japanese women gained the right to vote, when it lowered the requirement from 25 to 20. Japan Lowers Voting Age From 20 to 18 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Japan looks set to lower its voting age for the first time in seven decades. Voting age in Japan to be lowered from 20 to 18 - BBC News 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z State Representative Javier Martínez, a Democrat in New Mexico, plans to introduce a bill in January that would lower the voting age to 16 in school board elections. Campaign to Lower Voting Age to 16 in Local Races Ignites a Debate 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z More than 100 million Americans of voting age, or 44 percent of U.S. adults, are not married — and those numbers will continue to rise. One question Lindsey Graham shouldn’t have to answer: Why are you still single? 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Spurred on by the apparent success of that experiment, the Scottish government now plans to lower the voting age in elections to local councils and the Scottish Parliament. Ballots for bairns 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The acting Labour leader asked for a lower voting age, as permitted in the Scottish referendum, and told him: "It's their future too." PMQs: Cameron and Harman on EU referendum voting age - BBC News 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z When those children reach voting age, he said, they are not likely to support “the party that rejected their parents at every turn.” Area illegal immigrants remain in limbo as court blocks relief plan 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z But that count does not provide estimates for citizen voting age populations; those are done in different surveys. Supreme Court to hear challenge to Texas redistricting plan 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The party's Westminster leader, Angus Robertson, also called for the voting age to be lowered for the referendum. David Cameron hosts EC's Jean-Claude Juncker at Chequers - BBC News 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Some Welsh politicians want to lower the voting age in elections to their own devolved assembly. Ballots for bairns 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The government point to an extra 68,000 new people of voting age who have signed on to the electoral register within the last fortnight. Irish voters set to make history in gay marriage referendum 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The proposed powers include the right to lower the minimum voting age, which was credited with boosting young people's interest in politics when it was done for September's Scottish referendum on independence. No votes for 16-year-olds at Welsh assembly election - BBC News 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z A written constitution and proportional representation using the Additional Member System for parliamentary elections, as well as introducing a voting age of 16, are among the proposals. Election 2015: How parties would reform Parliament - BBC News 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z ERS Cymru calls for a lower voting age, "radical overhaul" of politics teaching in schools and a "louder voice" for young people in Welsh public life. Election 2015: Voting turn out 'time-bomb' warning - BBC News 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z He hopes to increase that number to 15,000 by the 2016 presidential election, a goal made more attainable because the first American-born children of Bosnian immigrants are now reaching voting age. The unlikely community that drew inspiration from the Ferguson protests 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z That trend will continue for decades as a diverse generation still in its teens reaches voting age and older whites pass from the scene. 2016 election pits desire for change against a demographic shift 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z The SNP, Green Party and Plaid Cymru all want to lower the voting age to 16. Six things the SNP, Greens and Plaid have in common 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z The party promises to devolve powers in the UK and lower the voting age to 16. Election 2015: Labour manifesto at-a-glance 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Political scientists delight in debating about the political leanings of the young voters who reached voting age after President Obama’s 2008 election. Democrats Keep Lead in Party Identification 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Trust was the main issue but tuition fees, gender equality and the voting age also dominated questions. Election 2015: Five big moments from Newsbeat's trust in politics debate 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z When the federal voting age was reduced to 18 in the 1970s, most states lowered the age for drinking alcohol to 18. At what age are we adults? 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Some - but not all - were in favour of the voting age being lowered to 16 as some parties propose, and several called for more political education in schools. Politicians pitch for young minds 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The idea was put forward by Kurt Daims, an activist in the town, who said lowering the voting age would boost voter turnout and extend rights to a "disenfranchised group." Vermont town rejects lowering voting age to 16: report 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z The idea was put forward by Kurt Daims, a longtime activist in the town, who said lowering the voting age would boost voter turnout and extend rights to a "disenfranchised group." Vermont town seeks to lower voting age to 16, from 18 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Vermont’s current voting age is 18, and that wouldn’t change for state and federal elections. Vermont town could let those ages 16, 17, vote locally 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z When the voting age was 21, that was considered the age of majority. At what age are we adults? 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Vermont's current voting age is 18, and that wouldn't change for state and federal elections. Vermont town could let those ages 16, 17, vote locally 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Voters in a Vermont town on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected lowering the minimum voting age in local elections to 16 from 18, an idea that had been promoted by a longtime activist, a newspaper reported. Vermont town rejects lowering voting age to 16: report 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
|
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。