voting age

Mitchell, that said Congress had no authority to set the voting age in state elections.

Labour's manifesto pledge to reduce the voting age from 18 to 16 in UK general elections has not been included in the King's Speech.

A motion on the issue of lowering the voting age was supported by Alliance and passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2012.

In some countries, the voting age has been lowered to 16 – so minors in Belgium, Germany, Austria, Greece and Malta will be able to cast their vote in these elections.

In the other nations, the minimum voting age still stands at 18, like it is in the United States.