Comment on Push to lower Australia's compulsory voting age to 16 as advocate says youngsters feeling 'disenfranchised'

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DillyDaily@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

We do trust 16 year olds to begin learning to drive though.

I would be completely open to the idea that at 16 you have the right and option to vote, but voting is not compulsory until you turn 18.

That way 16 year olds who aren’t interested or ready or comfortable placing a vote don’t have to, but those that are already politically active, interested and informed about voting can do so.

Across the whole there really isn’t that much developmental difference between 16 and 18, there’s a pretty big cross over between the more “responsible” 16 year olds and the “irresponsible” 18 year olds. I know that’s not really an argument, but the fact is that many 16 year olds are just as informed, and just as responsible as the rest of the voting public.

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