Voting Age .pptx

Voting Age
Should the voting age be lowered to 16 to increase youth
participation in democracy?
Young country, old leaders: While politics engages large
numbers of youth, it does not serve their interests.

Voting Age
Should the voting age be lowered to 16 to increase
youth participation in democracy?

Introduction
• Young people are turning away from institutional
politics and traditional forms of democratic
participation.
• Across the world, youth (broadly defined as 18-34
year-olds), frustrated with prevailing and
worsening economic inequality and inaction on
pressing issues like climate change and racial
justice, increasingly indicate that they do not believe
that the current system of democracy can deliver real
results to people.

Young people are turning away from institutional
politics and traditional forms of democratic
participation

Introduction
• There are wide-ranging policy reforms and
educational initiatives that can and should be
pursued to repair democracy and young people’s
faith in it.
• One potential reform that can bring more young
people into the political process is lowering the
voting age to 16.

One potential reform that can bring more young
people into the political process is lowering the
voting age to 16

Introduction
• A recent analysis of the long-term effects of
lowering the voting age in five countries
demonstrated an average 5 percent increase in
overall turnout.
• This expanded youth turnout can lead to long-term
benefits for democratic participation.
• Lowering the voting age can also strengthen the call
for civic education.

A recent analysis of the long-term effects of lowering
the voting age in five countries demonstrated an
average 5 percent increase in overall turnout

Voting Age
• A voting age is a minimum age established by law
that a person must attain before they become eligible
to vote in a public election.
• As of the present day, the most common voting age
is 18 years; however, voting ages as low as 16 and
as high as 25 currently exist.
• Most countries have set a minimum voting age, often
set in their constitution.
• In a number of countries voting is compulsory for
those eligible to vote, while in most it is optional.

Voting Age
• Most countries have a minimum voting age of 18
years; however, since the turn of this century,
several countries have had ongoing debates about
reducing the voting age to 17 or 16, and several
jurisdictions have legislated to lower the voting age.

Voting Age
The following countries have different minimum voting
ages:
16 years: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Germany
(only in some local elections), Malta, Nicaragua, Scotland
17 years: Indonesia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
Timor-Leste
19 years: Republic of Korea
20 years: Bahrain, Cameroon, Nauru
21 years: Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia,
Oman, Pakistan, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands,
Tonga
25 years: United Arab Emirates

Debate on lowering the voting age to 16
• Around 2000, a number of countries began to
consider whether the voting age ought to be
reduced further, with arguments most often being
made in favor of a reduction to 16.

• In Brazil, the age was lowered to 16 in the 1988
Constitution, while the lower voting age took effect
for the first time in the 1989 Presidential Election.
• The earliest moves in Europe came during the
1990s, when the voting age for municipal elections
in some States of Germany was lowered to 16.

• In 2007, Austria became the first country to allow
16- and 17-year-olds to vote in national elections,
with the expanded franchise first being consummated
in the 2009 European Parliament election.

• During the 2000s several proposals for a reduced
voting age were put forward in U.S. states, including
California, Florida and Alaska, but none were
successful.
• In Oregon, Senate Joint Resolution 22 has been
introduced to reduce the voting age from 18 to 16.

Voting ages around the world
• Eighteen is the most common voting age, with a small
minority of countries differing from this rule.
• Those with a national minimum age of 17 include East
Timor, Greece, Indonesia, North Korea, South Sudan
and Sudan.
• The minimum age is 16 in Argentina, Austria, Brazil,
Cuba, Ecuador, Malta, Nicaragua, Scotland and Wales,
and the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey.
• The highest minimum voting age is 21 in several nations.
Some countries have variable provision for the minimum
voting age, whereby a lower age is set for eligibility to vote
in state, regional or municipal elections.

• The arguments for lowering the voting generally
revolve around comparisons with non-electoral
rights and responsibilities, international
comparisons, level of political awareness and
interest among the young, and the issue of
maturity.

• In general, those in favor are convinced that lowering
the voting age to 16 – in combination with stronger
civic and voter education programs in schools – could
increase the political participation of youth.

• The advocates for a lower voting age seek to
strengthen their case by noting that 16-year-olds
participate in political debates on social media and
events, work, pay taxes, rent houses, and join the
armed forces in some countries.
• Consequently, given their contributions to society,
they should have the right to vote and hold
representatives accountable for decisions that are
affecting their daily lives.

The advocates for a lower voting age seek to
strengthen their case by noting that 16-year-olds
participate in political debates

• Research shows that 16-17-year-olds are more
likely to vote than 18-20-year-olds, so giving them
the vote when slightly younger enables them to vote
when it is most convenient for them.

• The main arguments raised by opponents of
lowering voting ages to 16 or another age younger
than 18 are that younger people lack the maturity
to grapple with complex political processes and that
they would most likely be influenced by the positions
of their parents or other adults.
• The relationship between age, maturity, and
intelligence is complex and contentious.

The main arguments raised by opponents of
lowering voting ages to 16

• Developmental assumptions about what young people
are capable of understanding and what motivates their
behavior can influence public debate.
• The assumption that young people do not have
enough life experience or maturity on which to base
important decisions (such as voting), and also that
they are easily manipulated, is hotly debated.

The assumption that young people do not have enough life
experience or, is hotly debated.

• There is a school of thought that believes there
should be no fixed minimum age; that it should
instead be for the individual to decide the age at
which he or she is ready to vote; the suggestion being
that if you are interested enough, you are mature
enough.
• But most supporters of change accept that there
should be some fixed age at which voting is
permitted, usually 16 or 17.

There is a school of thought that believes there should be no
fixed minimum age; that it should instead be for the individual
to decide the age at which he or she is ready to vote

• This debate intersects with the discourse on the rights
of children and adolescents and specifically on the
issue of legal minimum age legislation, which can be
contentious, contextual, and contradictory.
• In setting age limits, states have to balance
protection with empowerment and rights.
• Human rights law says that there can be
restrictions on who can vote in an election, as long
as those restrictions are based on objective and
reasonable criteria.

This debate intersects with the discourse on the
rights of children and adolescents and specifically on
the issue of legal minimum age legislation

• All states have limited eligibility to vote based on
age, no country allows people under 16 to vote in
national elections, and only a minority allow young
people aged between 16 and 18 the right to vote in
national or municipal elections, some with conditions
such as being employed or married.

Countries that have lowered the voting age
• Several of the countries that have lowered the
voting age have opted for an incremental
approach, introducing the new legislation in one
local district, for example, as a test-case before
expanding to other districts.
• This approach was adopted in various jurisdictions in
Austria, Germany, Norway, and the United States,
but only Austria has expanded the legislation to all
elections.

• Since the 2010s, several jurisdictions have
attempted to lower the voting age to 16 or 17 years
of age – some have been successful while other
attempts have been short-lived.
• Norway experimented with a lowered voting age
in 2011 in selected municipalities as a pilot.

• Despite the growing momentum in many of these
countries, there is also considerable resistance to
lowering the voting age among the public and
politicians.

• There has been limited data in relation to the
experience of those jurisdictions that have lowered
the voting age.
• And even with the more recent experiences, there have
only been one or two election cycles in which to assess
the impact of the legislation on patterns relating to
voter turnout, voting behavior, and other potential
consequences of the legislation.
• Future research is needed to examine the short-term
and long-term impacts of such electoral reform.

• The early data is, however, fairly consistent: “Studies
from a municipal election in the United States, as
well as national elections in Denmark and Austria,
have shown that 16- and 17-year-olds are avid
political participants and that voting at 16 and 17
is habit-forming.
• Socialized into a culture of participation early on, 16-
and 17-year-old voters may age into more politically
active older people than those who do not vote for the
first time until they are 18 or 19.”

Strong Reasons for Reducing the voting Age
• Lowering the voting age is a new concept for many
people, but there are many good reasons that show
doing so is a sound and ethical choice.

Young people have adult responsibilities, but
are denied the same rights.
• People under 18 are contributing and active members of
society.
• Many people under 18 also have “adult” responsibilities
– such as being the primary caregiver for an ailing
family member, running a business, and making
substantial financial contributions to our households.
• People under age 18 have the ability to win a Nobel Prize,
reach the summit of Mount Everest, conduct cancer
research, become published authors, teach a graduate-
level course in nuclear physics, run their own schools,
work for NASA, and risk their lives to save others.
• If young people are capable of such a variety of amazing
feats, certainly they have the capacity to vote for the
candidate that best represents their interests.

Young people have adult responsibilities, but
are denied the same rights.

Young people are expected to follow the law,
but have no say in making it.
• People under 18 are expected to follow adult laws and
experience adult consequences if we don’t do so.
• In every state, it is possible for a case to be transferred out of
juvenile court into adult criminal court, and in certain states all
crimes committed by 16- and 17-year-olds are automatically
transferred.
• Approximately 250,000 people under age 18 are tried, sentenced,
or incarcerated as adults every year across the United States.
• This means that not only does our society expect young people to
know “right from wrong” and the consequences for breaking certain
laws, but our society also expects that they are able to navigate the
adult legal system and are mature enough to be placed in adult
prisons.
• It is hypocritical to tell us that they are mature, responsible
adults when they commit a crime, but ignorant and naive when
they want to vote.

Young people are expected to follow the law,
but have no say in making it.

Young people are already participating in
politics.
• Despite attempts to exclude young people from the
political process, they are still making their voices
heard.
• Young people have started ultimately successful
campaigns for mayor and state legislature before they
were even old enough to vote.

Young people make good voters.
• When the voting age has been lowered to 16, young
people have shown their interest in voting.
• In 2013, when Takoma Park, Maryland, lowered
its voting age to 16, registered voters under 18 had
a turnout rate four times higher than voters over
18. And again in Hyattsville, Maryland (the second
place in the U.S. to lower the voting age to 16),
registered 16- and 17-year-old voters had a higher
turnout out rate than older voters.
• Seventeen-year-olds also had a higher turnout rate
than people aged 20-50 in the Chicago Primary in
2014.

Takoma Park, Maryland, lowered its voting age to 16,
registered voters under 18 had a turnout rate four times
higher than voters over 18.

• Similar trends have occurred outside the United
States.
• Voters aged 16 to 17 had a higher turnout rate than
older voters under age 30 in Norway’s 2011 elections,
voters under 35 in Scotland’s 2014 referendum
election, and voters aged 18-20 in Austria’s elections
in 2011 and 2014.

• People under 18 have also participated in politics by
forming Political Action Committees, managing
campaigns, advocating for our rights in front of
legislative bodies, and becoming grassroots activists.
And even though we are not allowed to vote, young
people are able to contribute just as much money to a
political campaign as adults are.
• In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that banning
people under 18 from this part of the political
process actually violates our First Amendment
rights.

• Although it can be difficult to determine what
constitutes a “good vote” , a group of researchers
tried to determine the quality of votes cast by people
under 18 by comparing how well their votes aligned
with their stated values.
• Voters aged 16-17 were found to have made
choices that were “more congruent with party
positions” leaving the researchers to conclude that
“lowering the voting age does not appear to have a
negative impact on input legitimacy and the
quality of democratic decisions.”

Lowering the voting age will improve the lives
of youth.
• Young people have a right to be heard and to have
their interests taken seriously.
• However, by disenfranchising young people society
they do not have anything of value to add to the
political conversations in our society.
• It also gives politicians permission to ignore interests
as people under 18 have no way to hold their
representatives accountable.

of youth.

of youth.
• This is especially concerning since there are certain
issues, such as environmental degradation, public
education policy, long-term government debt,
corporal punishment laws, and poverty that impact
young people more than anyone else.
• Younger people may also be better in tune with
modern issues around internet privacy and social
media use.

Younger people may also be better in tune with
modern issues around internet privacy and social
media use.

of youth.
• But since young people are underrepresented in
politics, the issues affecting us are underrepresented
as well.
• Lowering the voting age will also help to increase
the civic engagement of young people.

of youth.
• The words spoken before the Senate Judiciary Committee
supporting lowering the voting age in 1971 are as true then
as they are now:
• “The anachronistic voting-age limitation tends to alienate
them from systematic political processes and to drive them
to a search for an alternative, sometimes violent, means to
express their frustrations over the gap between the
nation’s deals and actions.
• Lowering the voting age will provide them with a direct,
constructive and democratic channel for making their
views felt and for giving them a responsible stake in the
future of the nation.” (1971 U.S. Code Cong. Admin. News
at pp. 365-367)

There are no wrong votes.
• In a democracy, we don’t deny people the vote because
we think they might vote badly.
• It can be easy to feel baffled by the way other people vote,
even if we know them very well.
• Many people believe that there are voters who are
completely ignorant of the issues, woefully misguided
about the economy, who get their political ideas from
biased media, vote for candidates based on their
personality, and are completely naive about the world.
• And yet, disenfranchising people simply because we
disagree with them is not considered a serious position,
unless that group happens to be disenfranchised already.
• No advocate for lowering the voting age believes that young
people will always vote intelligently, especially since not
everyone can agree on what that means.

In a democracy, we don’t deny people the vote
because we think they might vote badly.

Legislation to lower the voting age has more
support than you think
• When the United States decided to end age discrimination in
voting for everyone 18 and over in all elections, it adopted the
26th Constitutional Amendment.
• The Amendment’s overwhelming and bipartisan support allowed
it to make history as the quickest Constitutional Amendment ever
to be ratified.
• Today, lowering the voting age continues to have wide
support. Nearly half of US states have seen legislative
attempts to lower the voting age in the last two decades,
including four towns in Maryland that have successfully
lowered their voting age to 16. Internationally, more than 25
countries have a voting age lower than 18 and many more are
looking at following their lead.

• In most nations, the minimum voting age is set at
eighteen years In the past, the minimum age to vote was
twenty one years, but after several debates, this was
lowered to eighteen years.
• When individuals reach this age, they are considered to be
adults. As an adult, one should be able to analyze different
situations, think critically, and thus make wise decisions.
• Every decision leads to some consequences. Regardless of
the consequences, whether negative or positive, the
responsible adult can be held accountable for them.
• This is the reason that the minimum voting age limit has
been set at eighteen years in many states

Advantages of lowering the Voting Age
• Young people have a unique way of looking at
things. This special quality is lost as the child gets
older.
• The uniqueness may compel them to vote for certain
people who they feel will be able to address their
issues better, something that older adults may not do
because they are unduly influenced by other factors.
• It is also argued that generally youths can vote
wisely, since they too are able to make good
decisions on their own.

It is also argued that generally youths can
vote wisely, since they too are able to make
good decisions on their own

Advantages of lowering the Voting Age
• Youths of today mature faster than they did in the past
Their quick growth and maturity can be attributed to
a number of factors, such as exposure to platforms
from where they learn the realities of life with great
speed.
• The media is one such platform.
• Further, the more people vote, the more votes a
candidate or political party will receive.
• This places a particular party or candidate, who
has the interests of youths at heart, at an
advantage over others.

Youths of today mature faster than they did in
the past

It develops healthy civic habits in teens.
• Younger children are influenced by their home
environment when learning at school. For teens,
it’s a different story.
• A majority of their academic achievements tie
directly to the personal experiences they have in life.
If we were to lower the voting age to 16, we would
begin the creation of a healthy habit of civic
responsibility at a time in life when they are most
influenced by what happens to them.

It develops healthy civic habits in teens.

It follows a pattern that the world has found
to be successful already.
• There are a cluster of suburbs around Washington,
D.C. which have already lowered the voting age from
18 to 16, three of which are in Maryland: Greenbelt,
Hyattsville, and Takoma Park.
• Teens at the age of 16 can vote in the school board
elections in Berkeley, CA.
• Several states already allow 17-year-olds to vote in
state and presidential primary elections if they will
turn 18 before the general election.

to be successful already.

to be successful already
• Several countries already allow voting at the age
of 16 too. Austria, Argentina, Ecuador, Cuba,
Brazil, Nicaragua, and three self-governing British
Crown Dependencies all permit the lower voting
age already.
• Teens at the age of 16 can vote in Bosnia, Serbia, and
Montenegro if they have a job.

It takes into account their contributions to
society.
• Teens can sometimes lack regulation of their
emotional state as they continue developing. Impulse
control is an issue for many youths.
• The same could be said for many adults too.
• There are plenty of 18-year-olds (and much older
adults) who struggle with their decision-making skills
also. That process doesn’t tend to regulate itself until
around the age of 25 for many individuals.
• If turning 18 creates a “magic number” where these
issues are no longer an issue, society can declare that
16 becomes that number in the future.

It takes into account their contributions to
society.

It allows teens to learn multiple layers of
responsibility.
• The standards for agricultural employment in the
United States allow children under the age of 12 to
work on farms outside of school hours with parental
consent when the minimum wage requirements do
not apply.
• At the age of 16, teens may work in any farm job at any
time. They can also work in most other employment
venues outside of school hours (and sometimes even
during school, depending on their situation).
• If they can hold a job and manage other life
responsibilities as an adult, it makes sense to give
them additional rights as an adult too.

It allows teens to learn multiple layers of
responsibility.

It would offer new voices to the political
debate.
• Teens at the age of 16 have a unique experience to
share with the rest of the world.
• Some hold jobs, most go to school full-time, and
many have family responsibilities to share.
• They play sports, volunteer in their community, and
contribute in many other ways.
• By adding their perspectives to the political debates,
these young people could shift the structure of
polarization that has crept into global politics.
• When you have more voices and ideas available to
you as a society, then you have more access to
innovation.

It would offer new voices to the political
debate.

Disadvantages of Reducing the Voter age
• It might lower the voter turnout rates even further.
The last presidential election in the United States offered a
voting population of over 120 million people.
• About 73 million votes were cast that year, creating a voter
turnout rate of more than 60%.
• When the 1972 election came along, which was the first
election that 18-year-olds could legally vote in, the
participation rate fell by 5.6%. Although 4.6 million more
votes were cast in that election, there were 20 million
additional voters in the population which didn’t cast a
ballot.
• The same pattern could occur if 16-year-olds were given
the right to vote.

It might lower the voter turnout rates even
further.

It could shift the patterns of voting in the
country.
• 10% of a teen’s decisions come from their home
environment.
• Children at the age of 16 are still influenced by their
parent’s behaviors, standards, and perspectives.
• Kids pattern their belief structures, from spirituality
to politics, on the ideas they see and hear at home.
That means the votes of these young teens would
likely duplicate the ballots of their parents.
• Although that would be their right, it does cause one to
question whether that would be an authentic vote or one
that is manipulated.

It could shift the patterns of voting in the
country.

It would encourage risky behavior.
• Teens already take more risks than adults.
• They have higher smoking rates, higher texting while
driving rates, and practice safe-sex less often.
• Teens at the age of 16 are going through physical
changes, including brain development, which creates
emotional instabilities that lead to rebellion.
• Giving them the right to vote in these
circumstances could be helpful for some teens, but
it may also be destructive for others.

Teens already take more risks than adults.

It may offer voting rights without a clear
understanding.
• Teens are more social today with online networks
than ever before. They are exposed to more
information with Internet access than any other
generation before them. Having access to data is not
the same as understanding it.
• With all the time pressures present on the average 16-
year-old, from school to work to athletics and
everything in-between, they may not have enough time
to thoroughly study the critical issues up for debate in
an election.
• Having them guess at who is a better candidate is
not the same as understanding the issues through
discussion.

It may offer voting rights without a clear
understanding.

It follows the same precedence as other age-
related restrictions.
• We do not ask 16-year-olds to sit on a jury.
• Some areas don’t permit kids below the age of 18 to drive.
• There are hour restrictions in place for many teens during
the school year. Most teens cannot enter into legal
agreements without parental permission.
• Most banks and lenders around the world do not issue
financial products to teens until they reach 18 – and some
wait until 21.
• Voting restrictions on 16-year-olds follow these same
standards. We don’t permit specific responsibilities because
we recognize that as a whole, the youth demographic is not
ready to handle them.

It follows the same precedence as other age-
related restrictions.

It creates a logistics concern.
• Giving teens the right to vote at 16 creates safety concerns
for them and their parents. If it is their right to vote, then
they must have access to a ballot box in some way. Rural
families may not have a way to get their teen to their poll
location.
• Urban families may struggle with the idea of sending
their child on public transportation without supervision.
Just because you receive a mail-in ballot doesn’t mean
that’s how you must vote.
• The logistics of getting 16-year-olds to a voting station
when their parents don’t have the means to make that
happen creates a series of challenging questions which must
be asked.

It creates a logistics concern

Conclusion
• Finally, lowering the voting age gives young people a
real stake in the process.
• Cities have demonstrated that lowering the voting
age to 16 can work.

Conclusion
• Thus lowering the voting age to 16 advantages and
disadvantages must balance the rights of the
individual with the needs of each nation.
• Those who have lowered the voting age have found
much success with its results.

Case Study-India (2012)
• Election Commission may reduce minimum voting
age to 16
• "The present day youth are well versed with
technologies and comparatively better informed."

Election Commission may reduce minimum
voting age to 16
• The Election Commission said it was examining a
proposal to reduce the minimum age for voting right
to 16 years from the existing 18.
• “We may recommend to the government to reduce
the minimum voting age to 16 years, if more
youths, particularly new voters, participate in the
electoral process,” Chief Election Commissioner Y S
Quraishi told a meeting organized by Youth United
for Voter Awareness (YUVA),an NGO.
• Though above 35 per cent of voters were youths, their
participation was the lowest, he said.

voting age to 16

voting age to 16
• Quraishi said though the minimum voting right
age was reduced to 18 from 21 years, participation
of new voters was not up to expectation.
• As the present day youths were well versed with
technologies and comparatively better informed, there
was no harm in reducing the minimum voting right
age to 16 years, he said.
• The EC will launch an awareness drive among
students to inform about the rights and significance of
participation, he said.

We may recommend to the government to reduce the
minimum voting age to 16 years, if more youths, particularly
new voters, participate in the electoral process,” Chief
Election Commissioner Y S Quraishi (2012)

voting age to 16
• The awareness campaign would include meetings,
rallies, seminars and other activities to attract youths
to the electoral process, the CEC said after releasing a
document prepared by YUVA on youth participation
in elections.
• Quraishi also said the EC was working on
establishing the Indian Institute of Democratic
Studies on the lines of IIT and IIM to educate
government officials, students and others from
within the country and abroad about various
aspects of the democratic processes.

Quraishi also said the EC was working on establishing the
Indian Institute of Democratic Studies on the lines of IIT and
IIM

Young country, old leaders: While politics engages
large numbers of youth, it does not serve their interests
• The engagement of youngsters in political parties is
quite visible during all the elections, rallies and
protests.
• But the most practical question for this relationship
needs to be asked: Do political parties and leaders
stand for the empowerment of youth?
• Is it merely a ‘use and throw’ relationship or does
it lead towards a ‘win-win’ situation for both?

• Despite their huge presence in politics, youth do
not get similar opportunities as older politicians.
For many youth, active engagement with political
parties does not translate into a regular source of
income whether through an elected position or
through the parties.
• Secondly, politicians and elected representatives have
the moral responsibility to fix the broken public
education system and find ways to create employment
opportunities for them, which they do not initiate at
local level.

large numbers of youth, it does not serve their
• Thirdly, the most interesting and surprising part is
that even the young political activists do not raise
some of the core issues which primarily affect
them and their generation, such as lack of high
quality education in public-funded colleges and
universities.

• Moreover, politicians are not invested in some of the
core issues that affect the future of youth within or
outside politics.
• Political leaders and elected representatives are not
seen doing enough to improve the quality of public
educational institutions starting from the primary level
to the tertiary level, which shape the future of youth.
• As kids of most politicians today go to private
schools and colleges, they have no skin in the game
and hardly bother about the quality of education in
public institutions.

As kids of most politicians today go to private schools and
colleges, they have no skin in the game and hardly bother
about the quality of education in public institutions.

• Even as heads of school or college committees, the
elected representatives are unable to fix the
problems of educational institutions locally.
• Also, most politicians are not engaged in creating
employment opportunities or enabling ecosystem
at local level, which can propel either employment or
entrepreneurship to engage youngsters productively.

Young country, old leaders: While politics
engages large numbers of youth, it does not
serve their interests

interests
• Job creation remains merely a political issue and a
matter of debate.
• Due to lack of will and vision of the local elected
representatives, many young political volunteers
suffer in the long run despite being cadres and
supporters.

Job creation remains merely a political issue
and a matter of debate.

interests
• Many youngsters also take part in university and
college politics.
• It is very surprising to see that student unions or
youth leaders do not bring up some of the core
issues affecting youth today.

interests
• Youth should understand the dynamics, where they
are being used by their political masters without
concrete outcomes and a secure future.
• Being their seniors and mentors, political leaders
and parties should wisely utilize the time of youth
and not engage them throughout the year at the
cost of their education and career.

Youth should understand the dynamics, where they are
being used by their political masters without concrete
outcomes and a secure future

interests
• Youth leaders also need to act responsibly.
• If they are taking up leadership they should not
compromise on the quality of education, a prime reason
for young people to be in academic institutions.
• It is high time that engagement of youth in politics be
seen and treated as a means to serve the larger purpose
of nation building utilizing the energy of young Indians.
• Youth leaders should not remain just a conduit for
serving the agenda of their political masters.
• They must command their own voice, in the interest
of the youth and the nation.

Youth leaders should not remain just a conduit for
serving the agenda of their political masters.

Websites
• Vote at 16
• CHANGE THE LAW SO THAT YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16 AND 17
YEARS CAN VOTE!
• https://www.youth.ie/get-involved/campaigns/vote-at-16/

Websites
Votes at 16
• http://www.votesat16.org/

Websites
Voting Age Around the World
• https://blog.batchgeo.com/voting-age-around-the-world/

Books
• Lowering the Voting Age to 16: Learning from Real
Experiences Worldwide - by Jan Eichhorn

Books
Votes at 16
• Youth Enfranchisement and the Renewal of American
Democracy - by Niall Guy Michelsen

Documentaries
• Should more 16 year olds get the vote? - BBC My
World
• https://youtu.be/88pWCDoTI0A

Documentaries
“16-Too Young to Vote” - BBC visited Welbeck DSFC
• https://youtu.be/2k7Q435IKAk

References
A major American city may soon allow 16-year-olds to vote — and others could
follow suit
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/major-american-city-may-soon-allow-16-year-olds-vote-
n1239955
India: Election Commission may reduce minimum voting age to 16
• https://aceproject.org/regions-en/countries-and-territories/IN/news/india-election-commission-may-
reduce-minimum
Lowering the Voting Age to 16 in Practice: Processes and Outcomes Compared
• https://academic.oup.com/pa/article/74/3/507/6321304
Should Teens Be Allowed to Vote?
• https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/election/civics-in-action/voting--should-the-voting-age-be-
lowered.html
The case for allowing 16-year-olds to vote
• https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/7/13347080/voting-age-election-16
Voting age
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_age
Voting at 16: Turnout and the quality of vote choice
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4020373/

References
Voting at 16: Exploring a City-led Movement to Lower the Voting Age
• https://www.gmfus.org/news/voting-16-exploring-city-led-movement-
lower-voting-age
Votes at 16
• http://www.cje.org/descargas/cje4965.pdf
Vote16USA
• https://generationcitizen.org/policy-and-advocacy/vote16usa/
Voting Age Around the World
• https://blog.batchgeo.com/voting-age-around-the-world/
Young Activist Pushes To Lower Voting Age To 16 As 'The Logical Next
Step' For Gen Z
• https://www.npr.org/2020/09/28/916078915/young-activist-pushes-to-
lower-voting-age-to-16-as-the-next-logical-step-for-gen

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