Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, and supporters, including area students, testified in front of the House Government Operations Committee on Monday morning to convince other legislators to lower ...

At the same time, many of the same people are arguing for lowering the voting age to 16 — and possibly younger. What’s the rationale? It is often glibly asserted that voting never hurt anyone.

The current debates among parliamentarians about lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 lack this kind of catalyst ... Some of these activities included protests or political actions that ...

You mentioned that they don’t have voting rights and that it takes droves of young people to show up and be very loud and to protest ... just lowered the voting age to 16 in their municipal ...

And, frankly, if 16-year-olds can drive a car, get a job, and consent to sex, they, too, are old enough to vote and have a say in their futures. But lowering the voting age is also only part of ...

The city hopes lowering the voting age will increase civic engagement with younger residents and create a more inclusive ...

In 1970, Canadian MPs used the act of lowering the federal voting age as a tool to prevent further youth protests and unrest. No such catalyst exists today amid calls to lower the voting age to 16.

Rival parties are in talks to lower the voting age by one year to 18 ... 새누리당 원유철 원내대표는 16 ...

The political system was overjoyed on Wednesday by the council of ministers’ decision to lower the voting age to 17. The decision inspired the familiar and tired rhetoric about broadening ...

If the voting age is lowered to 16, more teenagers can vote so political leaders will be more aware of them and their needs. Many young people take part in protests because they feel neglected ...