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1 Voting ages around the world

2 Organizations which want the voting age lowered or removed

3 Political Organizations that have endorsed lower voting ages

4 External Links

The voting age is the minimum legal age at which a person may vote in a governmental election.

1 Voting ages around the world

Australia: 18
Austria: 18 (16 in some cities & states)
Brazil: 16-18, 70+ (voluntary suffrage); 18-70 (mandatory suffrage)
Canada: 18
Denmark: 18
Finland: 18
Germany: 18 (16 in some cities & states)
India: 18 (lowered from 21 years in 1989)
Iran: 15
Japan: 20
Lithuania: 18
MaltaThis article is about the european nation. For other meanings, see this page. The Republic of Malta is an island nation in southern Europe. It consists of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea directly south of Italy. These strategically located islands: 18
Republic of IrelandThe Republic of Ireland ( Irish: Poblacht na hEireann is the common term for a state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of northwest Europe. It is the western-most state of the European Union. The remaining sixt: 18
SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc: 18
SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf: 18
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly: 18
United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in: 18
NetherlandsDutch redirects here. For other uses, see Dutch (disambiguation). The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. It is located in northwestern Europe and borders the North Sea, Belgium: 18

2 Organizations which want the voting age lowered or removed

ASFAR, United States

National Youth Rights AssociationThe National Youth Rights Association is the largest Youth Rights group in the United States, with several thousand members. NYRA proposes lessening and removing various legal restrictions that are imposed on young people but not adults, for example, the, United States

Votes at 16, United Kingdom

K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä., Germany

3 Political Organizations that have endorsed lower voting ages

Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom

Socialist Alliance, Australia

4 External Links

A more complete list of voting ages around the world

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