Voting age
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The voting age is the minimum legal age at which a person may vote in a governmental election.
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Voting ages around the world
- Australia: 18
- Austria: 18 (16 for municipal elections in the states of Burgenland, Carinthia, Styria and Vienna [4/9])
- Belgium: 18
- Brazil: 16 (18 mandatory suffrage)
- Canada: 18
- Czech republic: 18
- Denmark: 18
- Estonia: 18
- Finland: 18
- France: 18
- Germany: 18 (16 for municipal elections in the states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein [5/16])
- Greece: 18
- Hungary: 18
- India: 18
- Iran: 15
- Isle of Man: 16 (recently changed from 18; still to be ratified by the Legislative Council and the Lord of Mann
- Italy: 18; 25 to elect the Senate
- Japan: 20
- Latvia: 18
- Lithuania: 18
- Malta: 18
- Morocco: 18
- Netherlands: 18
- Norway: 18
- Philippines: 18 (increased from 15 years in 1987)
- Poland: 18
- Portugal: 18
- Republic of Ireland: 18
- Serbia and Montenegro: 18
- South Africa: 18
- Spain: 18
- Sweden: 18
- Taiwan (Republic of China): 20 (there is a current proposal to lower it to 18)
- United Kingdom: 18
- United States: 18
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Dates at which voting age was lowered to 18 (from 21 unless indicated)
- Czechoslovakia: 1946
- United Kingdom: 1 January 1970 (Representation of the People Act 1969)
- Germany: 1970
- Canada: 1971
- United States: 1 July 1971 (Constitutional Amendment XXVI; federal voting age previously reduced by the Voting Rights Act 1970)
- Finland: 1972 (from 20)
- Sweden: 1972 (from 20)
- Ireland: 5 January 1973 (Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland)
- Australia: 1973 (New South Wales was the first state to do so, in 1970)
- France: 1974
- New Zealand: 1974
- Italy: 1975 (voting age to elect the Senate remained at 25)
- Denmark: 1978 (from 20; referendum held on 19 September)
- Seychelles: 1979
- Belgium: 1981
- India: 1989
- Switzerland: 1991 (from 20)
- Pakistan: 2002
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Organizations which want the voting age lowered or removed
- ASFAR, United States
- National Youth Rights Association, United States
- Votes at 16, United Kingdom
- K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä., Germany
- vote16.ca, Canada
- vote4future.at, Austrian National Youth Council, Austria
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Political organizations that have endorsed lower voting ages
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See also
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