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Why is Britain lowering its voting age?
Britain will join the short list of countries where the voting age is 16, alongside the likes of Ecuador, Austria and Brazil.
16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in future Stormont elections
The change is unlikely to come into place in time for the 2027 elections.
Sixteen-year-olds to be allowed to vote as ministers set out reforms
The next general election will see 16-year-olds able to vote for the first time, ministers have confirmed in wide-ranging plans to “modernise our democracy”.Labour’s manifesto committed the party to ...
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Election Commission clears air: SIR not linked to citizenship or NRC
As political tensions escalate in poll-bound Bihar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Election ...
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Election reform will see 16-year-olds given right to vote
Sixteen-year-olds will be given the right to vote in all UK elections as part of seismic changes to modernise UK democracy, ...
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IEBC budget for by-elections, 2027 polls set for reduction as Treasury demands efficiency
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will be forced to reduce its budget for both the by-elections and the General Elections in 2027.