National Youth Rights Meeting Discusses Ageism, Promotes Youth Voting
Added 8-8-06
This past Sunday, youth rights activists from around the country, from...Read More

Youth turnout in election biggest in 20 years
Added 11-8-06
BOSTON (Reuters) - Young Americans voted in the largest numbers in at least...Read More

The Ripe Age of Voting: Immature or Too Involved?
Added 6-30-06
Teens today want freedom; their independence from the adult world of rules...Read More

Lib Dem leader says he would cut voting age to 16
Added 10-9-06
THE Liberal Democrats will promise to lower the voting age to 16 if they...Read More

LDP eyes 18 as age for top law vote / Voting age for polls also might be lowered
Added 12-12-06
The Liberal Democratic Party is setting the voting age at 18 years or older...Read More

Youth Campaign to Have a Say
Added 11-12-06
Election Day has come and gone. Voters have cast their ballots and the...Read More

Three quarters of Finns reject giving vote to 16-yr-olds
Added 1-24-07
Less than a quarter of those interviewed for a poll made public by the...Read More

Austrians Split on Voting at Age 16 Plan
Added 1-14-07
VIENNA, Austria -- Austria's new coalition government says 16-year-olds...Read More

Bill would lower voting age to 16
Added 2-14-07
Most high school students don’t have a say in who runs their school systems,...Read More

Amendment plan would let 18-year-olds in legislature
Added 2-14-07
In 2010 Coloradans may be able to elect an 18-year-old to the Colorado...Read More

Student vote on board likely
Added 2-3-07
The next student elected to the Howard County school board likely will...Read More

Bysiewicz, lawmaker push to raise voting age in primaries to 17
Added 3-15-07
State officials and a contingent of high school students hope to generate...Read More

Austria lowers the voting age to 16
Added 3-14-07
Teenagers from the age of 16 will be able to vote in national elections,...Read More

Parents: Relax
Added 4-3-07
Probably since the second generation of humanity, it has been a widely...Read More

Iran increases voting age from 15 to 18 in national elections
Added 4-1-07
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's constitutional watchdog, the Guardian Council,...Read More

Poll shows youth-vote boost favoring Obama, Giuliani in presidential race
Added 4-26-07
Presidential hopefuls Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former New York Mayor...Read More

MP: Voting age should be lowered to 16
Added 4-30-07
THE voting age should be lowered to 16 according to a Portsmouth MP. Sarah...Read More

Schuyler takes government to others
Added 5-2-07
Schuyler County government was in the spotlight last week as it celebrated...Read More

Swiss canton drops voting age to 16
Added 5-7-07
The governing assembly of the central Swiss canton (state) of Glarus decided...Read More

Youths want voting age reduced in Malawi
Added 5-21-07
National Youth Council of Malawi have proposed that the voting age in general...Read More

Adam King fights on for teen rights and representation
Added 5-9-07
School’s almost out for the summer, and for many students that means the...Read More

It's contagious!
Added 5-10-04
Proof mental illness is catching: Legislation that would grant teens fractional...Read More

Children worry about bullying, climate change: report
Added 6-12-07
Children worry about being bullied at school and that the country will...Read More

Democracy in Action
Added 6-12-07
The voting age may be 18, but that hasn't deterred Lowcountry teens from...Read More

Lower the voting age?
Added 5-30-07
NEWS FACT Is your voice being heard by the people in power? No, says the...Read More

Panel mulls lowering voting age to 18 in Japan
Added 5-21-07
A government panel that is expected to lower the voting age to 18 held...Read More

A generation of narcissists?
Added 5-29-07
Growing older has many drawbacks and one unalloyed pleasure: passing judgment...Read More

Voting age should be lowered
Added 5-26-07
In light of today's provincial election, I thought I’d raise a couple of...Read More

Ages of Consent
Added 5-26-07
Isn't it unfair that you cannot go into a pub and have a casual drink until...Read More

House OKs the voting age amendment
Added 6-2-07
-HARTFORD — A proposed constitutional amendment to allow 17-year-olds to...Read More

Larry West Continues His Race for Mayor
Added 6-2-07
Larry West continues his art-school prank/mayoral candidacy tomorrow with...Read More

We can't vote, but our opinons are worth listening to
Added 6-12-07
Nominees for the coming presidential elections are appearing more frequently...Read More

Harman calls for equality as endgame nears
Added 6-18-07
The window for voting in the Labour deputy leadership election is drawing...Read More

TIMES VIEW: Drinking age should be same as voting age
Added 6-12-07
The Indian government considers young women to be mature enough to take...Read More

FYEG and EFAy congratulate first EU country to lower voting age
Added 6-18-07
18.06.2007: The Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) and the European...Read More

Youthful Councillors Back Lower Voting Age
Added 6-21-07
Youthful representatives on two of New Zealand’s largest city councils...Read More

Bradford proposes law to lower voting age to 16
Added 6-21-07
A Green MP has signalled a bid to lower the voting age in New Zealand to...Read More

Legislation to Lower Voting Age
Added 6-22-07
Legislation introduced by a Michigan representative could lower the voting...Read More

'Lower voting age' - Give 16-year-olds in Jamaica a voice in politics - Norman Grant
Added 6-21-07
Government Senator Norman Grant has proposed that the age for voting should...Read More

The kids aren't ready yet, Sue
Added 6-25-07
It would appear that Green Party MP Sue Bradford enjoys a good stoush,...Read More

Why not just give youngsters a chance to enjoy their youth
Added 6-25-07
We are sure Green Party MP Sue Bradford means well in drafting a bill to...Read More

Youth can vote quality leadership
Added 6-22-07
PALAPYE - If the youth, who constitute 60 per cent of the voters can fully...Read More

Lower the Voting Age
Added 7-5-07
Your leader comment (July 4), that there is "little evidence that...Read More

Youth want their votes to count
Added 7-5-07
When it comes to voting, age isn't just a number for Rachel E. Lichon....Read More

Proposal would let some age 17 vote
Added 7-6-07
LANSING -- The sponsor of a proposal to extend voting rights to some 17-year-olds...Read More

Dismissal of MSP’s remarks is ageist
Added 7-7-07
Considering Brian Phillips is prepared to engage with the ill-thought through...Read More

Voting age down to 16
Added 7-6-07
SIXTEEN-year-olds will be able to vote in next year's elections. The...Read More

Political maturity "not a question of age"
Added 7-9-07
Nadine Masshardt, a 22-year-old Bern cantonal parliamentarian, tells swissinfo...Read More

Folly of the 16-year-old voter
Added 7-9-07
It looks as if Gordon is chasing 16-year-olds again. The new prime minister...Read More

Voting: Citizenship commission to look at votes at 16
Added 7-10-07
A Youth Citizenship Commission to consider the case for reducing the voting...Read More

These kids need to get a life, not a vote
Added 7-9-07
I was rather bemused to hear Gordon Brown talking about the possibility...Read More

UK Voting Age Article
Added 7-18-07
THE leader of the city council has revealed his anguish about young people...Read More

Let age be no barrier
Added 7-24-07
Ed Milliband is absolutely right to highlight the need to combat the perception...Read More

Lowering voting age to 16 rejected
Added 7-22-07
A proposal by Green MP Sue Bradford to lower the voting age to 16 has received...Read More

Green MP drops bill to lower voting age
Added 7-26-07
Green MP Sue Bradford has decided not to go ahead with a member's bill...Read More

Citizen proposals for law change reach far
Added 8-3-07
BOSTON — One Harwich High School teacher and a mass of students are...Read More

Younger voting age welcomed
Added 8-1-07
A charity representing young people has today welcomed a decision to push...Read More

Harwich students seek to lower voting age
Added 8-9-07
Students throughout Massachusetts may help Harwich students with a class...Read More

Teens have a stake in U.S., now give them a voice
Added 8-13-07
"I think that youth is the most disenfranchised of our population,"...Read More

NBC 10 News Story Drinking Age
Added 8-20-07
BOD Member and newly named Communication's Director, Yonaton Yares, sat...Read More

Sixteen Candles, but Few Blazing a Trail to the Ballot Box
Added 8-28-07
IT is a nippy November Tuesday and your 16-year-old has her day all planned...Read More

Time ripe to lower voting age
Added 9-4-07
Last month I was joined by colleagues from Zimbabwe in a meeting with...Read More

'08 hopefuls net millions from piggy banks
Added 9-12-07
WASHINGTON — At 8 years old, Matthew Mardirossian is too young to vote....Read More

Bid to cut vote age to 16
Added 9-26-07
The move has received widespread support, with a report tabled in Parliament...Read More

Call for young mayors to give teens a bigger community role
Added 9-26-07
More than 60% of young people don't care who wins the next general election,...Read More

Cape student group seeks lower voting age
Added 10-1-07
HARWICH — A group of Cape Cod students pushing for a lower voting age through...Read More

Democrats: 18 Year Olds Can Fight But Not Drink
Added 9-27-07
One of the thornier issues in American politics is rarely, if ever, discussed...Read More

Democrats seek support from Iowa 17-year-olds
Added 10-8-07
DES MOINES, Iowa - Candidates in Iowa are trying to entice college students...Read More

The Audacity of Youth
Added 10-8-07
Oct. 8, 2007 - Rob Sand says he's learned his lesson. In 2004, the 25-year-old...Read More

As Campaigns Chafe at Limits, Donors Might Be in Diapers
Added 10-23-07
Elrick Williams's toddler niece Carlyn may be one of the youngest contributors...Read More

SNP wants to cut voting age to 16
Added 10-27-07
SNP activists have called for Scotland to be given the power to cut the...Read More

Worldwide Pants behind teens on election trail
Added 11-2-07
David Letterman’s production company Worldwide Pants is planning a feature...Read More

Too young at 16 to vote – deputy
Added 11-2-07
DEPUTY Education minister Wendy Morgan has defended voting against giving...Read More

City considers raising age limit for political candidates to 23
Added 11-1-07
The thought of a 19-year-old running the city while living under his parents'...Read More

No votes in store for 16-year-olds
Added 11-6-07
The Electoral Commission has ruled out reassessing the lowering of the...Read More

Teens should be allowed to run for office
Added 11-12-07
Most people know one of our founding fathers' favorite rallying cries:...Read More

Politics: What young people think
Added 11-13-07
Youth editors Alison Moulds and Josh Tate discuss politics and whether...Read More

Gilmore seeks local government reform
Added 11-24-07
Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore has called for the legal voting age in...Read More

Africa: Lower the Continent's Voting Age to 16
Added 11-22-07
IN A PREDICTABLE SHOW OF force, voters have consigned a large number of...Read More

Fla. teen documenting '08 election
Added 12-10-07
MIAMI (AP) - Tenth grader Noah Gray quietly pulled out his iPhone in English...Read More

Age Is Just a Number: Youth Rights Advocate Tries to Break Down Barriers to Adulthood
Added 11-27-07
To the casual visitor, Dupont Circle on this lovely autumn afternoon is...Read More

Graham Anderson '10: The politically disenfranchised: children
Added 1-30-08
In the United States, what do all citizens under the age of 18 and incarcerated...Read More

Lawmaker calls for lowering voting age
Added 1-30-08
Rebecca Alvarado wants to have a say about the war in Iraq, gay marriage...Read More

How about lowering voting age to 16 or 17?
Added 1-30-08
As this year's race for president continues, I've thought about who would...Read More

Lawmaker's amendment would lower voting age to 17
Added 2-13-08
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Seventeen-year-olds can serve in the military,...Read More

Get 'Em (Voting) While They're Young
Added 2-13-08
As the buzz of eighth-graders swarming down the hall reached my classroom,...Read More

Campaign ’08 not just for adults — kids love it
Added 2-9-08
NEW YORK - "I voted for Barack Abooma!" bragged Davita Randall...Read More

The Wisdom of Ages
Added 2-27-08
While society needs rules and regulations to protect young people, there's...Read More

Voting rights for 16-year olds
Added 2-27-08
Several communities in Norway have applied to the government to allow 16-year-olds...Read More

Bill to lower voting age to 17 goes to House floor for debate
Added 2-27-08
SPRINGFIELD -- A state constitutional amendment that would allow 17-year-olds...Read More

You’re 16, You’re Beautiful and You’re a Voter
Added 2-6-08
THE 2008 presidential campaign has made history in many ways, not least...Read More

Is 18 really the age of adulthood? / Proposed reduction from 20 seen having widesprea
Added 2-27-08
Debates by the Legislative Council over whether the legal age of adulthood...Read More

Is 16 Old Enough to Vote?
Added 2-20-05
An unlikely private members bill (C-261) has been gaining wide support...Read More

Island's voting age lowered to 16
Added 2-7-06
Teenagers will be able to cast their vote from the age of 16 on the Isle...Read More

Critics: $300K youth advisory council 'just PR'
Added 3-3-08
A publicly funded youth group that was supposed to help turn D.C.'s young...Read More

Germany Ponders "Family Vote"
Added 9-3-03
In an attempt to pass some of the responsibility of Germany's political...Read More

Should 16-Year-Olds Have The Right To Vote?
Added 5-20-06
When I turn 18 next year, one of the first things I will do is to register...Read More

Ministers contemplate cut in voting age to 16
Added 2-14-03
A RADICAL plan to cut the voting age to 16 is being considered by the Government...Read More

Staten Island pol suggests letting some 17-year-olds vote
Added 2-4-08
Motivated by teens dismayed that they're too young to vote in tomorrow's...Read More

AMs call to lower voting age
Added 2-6-08
WELSH politicians are today calling on the Assembly Government to lower...Read More

New Orleans lawmaker wants to raise legal smoking age to 21
Added 3-24-08
BATON ROUGE -- A rookie lawmaker from New Orleans has filed legislation...Read More

Report: Poor civics education hurts youth
Added 3-26-08
The surge in youth votes throughout 2008's presidential primaries has exposed...Read More

House Bill pushes to raise legal smoking age to 21
Added 3-28-08
House Bill pushes to raise legal smoking age to 21 The war on personal...Read More

Britain: Coming Of Age
Added 4-16-08
Coming of age You'll be a man, my son Mar 6th 2008 From The Economist...Read More

Democrats urge SA to lower voting age
Added 4-17-08
The Australian Democrats want South Australia to take the lead and lower...Read More

Mich. senator wants 16-year-olds to vote in school elections
Added 5-10-08
LANSING, Mich. - A constitutional amendment has been introduced to let...Read More

Give Kids the Vote!
Added 5-11-08
For as long as I remember (yes, even before that West Wing episode), I’ve...Read More

NH Supreme Court says 17-year-olds can't vote in primaries
Added 5-21-08
Concord, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's Supreme Court says a bill that would...Read More

Constitutional amendment allowing 17 year-olds to vote going on the ballot
Added 5-27-08
Constitutional amendment allowing 17 year-olds to vote going on the ballot By...Read More

Primary Voting Age change moving forward in PA
Added 5-27-08
Fox Chapel students support primary vote change By Michael Aubele Published...Read More

Disenfranchised Youth
Added 6-6-08
Teenage Revolution Disenfranchised Youth By RALPH NADER You are sixteen....Read More

Lower voting age to 16, says local North Wales AM
Added 6-9-08
Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, claims it is "inconsistent"...Read More

MP’s bid to lower voting age to 16 fails
Added 6-7-08
A BID by a Cardiff MP to lower the voting age to 16 has failed in the House...Read More

Minister demands power to cut voting age to 16
Added 6-13-08
THE UK Government was today urged to give Scotland the power to reduce...Read More

20-year-old whiz kid runs Senate campaign
Added 6-13-08
Ron Mortensen, a Republican candidate for Senate District 23, has something...Read More

New Hampshire Supreme Court strikes blow against Youth Suffrage
Added 6-24-08
By Kathy McCormack CONCORD, N.H.—Allowing some 17-year-olds...Read More

Changing the Voting Age Won't Change Anything
Added 7-7-07
Press release: Radical Youth Changing the Voting Age Won't Change Anything Anti-capitalist...Read More

Bay Area assemblyman wants voting age dropped to 17
Added 6-24-08
SACRAMENTO -- State Assemblyman Gene Mullin wants to lower the voting age...Read More

Germany Ponders Giving Children the Right to Vote
Added 7-15-08
Every German citizen should have the right to vote in national elections,...Read More

Boca students want lower voting age
Added 7-1-08
The 20th century was a battleground for voter rights. There were fights...Read More

Boca teens fight to lower voting age
Added 8-18-08
Should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote? Some teens in South Florida say...Read More

Teen wants to lower voting age in Florida
Added 8-20-08
Teen wants to lower voting age in Florida By Samantha Frank Neighborhood...Read More