Push to lower Australia's compulsory voting age to 16 as advocate says youngsters feeling 'disenfranchised'
Push to lower Australia's compulsory voting age to 16 as advocate says youngsters feeling 'disenfranchised'
Sixteen-year-olds can learn to drive, get a job, pay taxes and be on the Organ Donor Register, but they are considered too young to vote. Should they also have a stake in deciding their future?
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An action to make society more democratic is one I can get behind. Few countries can really call themselves democratic.
27 1 Reply16 years olds are pretty impressionable. I know I was. Wouldn't this kind of change make them more vulnerable to election manipulation?
2 0 ReplySo are 20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100 year olds
3 0 ReplyYeah I guess so
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lol, have you ever asked a 16 year old how they're feeling? then waited 30 minutes and asked them again?
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