I want to lower voting age to 16, says Starmer

BBC ^ | May 25 | BBC

[RandFan]

Keir Starmer has confirmed he wants to lower the voting age to 16.

Voting rights have already been extended to some under-18s in several countries, including Austria, Argentina and Brazil. In Germany, 16-year-olds can vote in local elections and, as of this month, in European elections.

In Scotland and Wales, over-16s can already vote in devolved national elections, as well as in local elections. Over-16s also have the vote in local elections in Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

However, the vote is restricted to over-18s in all elections in England and Northern Ireland.

The Liberal Democrats and Green Party have also previously supported the move, while the Conservatives have traditionally opposed it.

[RandFan]

Lol spare me... Will create a whole new left-wing voting block.

[Bernard]

“Wild In The Streets”

[BipolarBob]

https://www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=hmeTftBlOVY

[DIRTYSECRET]

The age of consent is on his mind.

[SaveFerris]

Why not age 5?

[for-q-clinton]

Let’s just go for 8 years old. That way democrats will always win.

Also make them register for the draft and allow them to drink and own guns though too.

[stanne]

Raise the voting age to 21 like it was before the MI complex took the 18 year olds to VN. Raise the driving age to 21

[Lockbox]

How about allowing the unborn to vote, that should counter the abortion issue voters......

[BipolarBob]

Max Frost: They're the minority! We're the majority! [singing]
Max Frost: Baby, we've made it/We're at 52%/Well, we're 52%... they write the TV shows for us/We're 52%... they design the clothes for us/We're 52%... they play the songs we dig/We're 52%... and we make big business big/We're 52%... they know we set the trend/We're 52%... and their economy depends on/52%, babies... you and me/We're a power/We're a faction in their Great Society...

[rigelkentaurus]

If a child is still a dependent of their parents (ie, a tax deduction for the parents, covered by parents health insurance, living in parents house are examples of dependency), they should have no vote. They are not functioning as an independent adult. Therefore, the minimum age to vote, 18, is fine, but some who are much older should not be eligible to vote for reasons of dependency.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Sorry, but at 66 I don’t want my government in the hands is snot nosed, entitled brats, who barely know how to wipe their rumps. And that’s all I have to say about that…

[BipolarBob]

So 16 year old girls would be legal to . . . Why that dirty old goat.

[volare737]

I think the age should be raised to 30.

[ABStrauss]

Why not ten?

Idiot. Voting age should be 25 and up.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Sonny Bono said it best: “Teenybopper is our new-born king, uh huh.”

[gov_bean_ counter]

No argument from me…

[Leep]

Jobiden would go for that.

[Dutch Boy]

I was just about to add that. I have the DVD and a 45RPM of Max Frost and the Troopers singing, “The Shape of Things to Come”.

[dfwgator]

Maybe an absolute monarchy isn’t such a bad idea after all.

[PghBaldy]

It will make voters more muslim, as they are having many children.