https://freerepublic.com/tag/votesystem/ en-us Wed, 5 Nov 2003 23:07:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1015574/posts Germany considers giving kids the vote MPs want voting right for children to counter-balance a fast ageing electorate that is resisting cuts to welfare benefits BERLIN - The one-man-one-vote system could be modified in Germany to give parents an additional vote for their children if some leading German MPs have their way. The proposal to give parents a proxy vote for their children to counter the rising power of the elderly lobby is similar to an idea mooted by Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew in the early 1990s, but which was never taken up. Concerned that politicians would be... The Straights Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1015574/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2003 23:07:35 GMT