“They worry because these issues directly affect them and the decisions of politicians and governments over successive decades that have led to this scenario.” has the second youngest demographic in the country, so he says he’s no stranger to seeing “really, really passionate” high schools kids taking action to fight for what the issues they care about in other ways.“At the moment young people see government as a hindrance to those issues so they have to protest outside the political system to try and affect change and I think giving them this additional option inside the political system is really beneficial and will force politicians to actually listen to young people for once.”Jacinda Ardernannounced her government would draft legislationcalled for expanded voting rightsGeorge Williams
“On the other hand, 16 and 17-year-olds tend to be in a more stable family environment and still at school,” he said, which would make enrolling to vote a higher priority.
submitted to the government their strong support Faith GordonBill ShortenPauline Hanson did however try to raise the voting age to 21.“We would never question anyone else’s right to have their own opinion and to be able to vote,” he said.“There are so many things we expect them to do in the realm of adulthood but we deny them the vote.“The best way to dispel this myth that 16 and 17-year-olds don’t know what they’re doing and they shouldn’t have the right to vote is actually getting them to talk about what they would vote for and why they want to vote. Thats how we’ll get people to see they do have cognitive ability to make rational decisions.”“We’re going to make something big of this.”The post The Greens Will Introduce A Bill To Lower The Voting Age To 16 Next Year Bc Teens Are ‘Left Out’ appeared first on PEDESTRIAN.TV .
