Tag: Eva Zeglovits
The Austrian experience shows that there is little risk and much to gain from giving 16-year-olds the vote
Sadiq Khan recently called for the voting age to be lowered to 16 in the UK, as a way to increase the engagement of young people in politics. Markus Wagner and Eva Zeglovits examine arguments for and against, arguing that it is a reform that carries few dangers and can motivate schools to reach out to and motivate young people. […]
Votes at 16: what the UK can learn from Austria, Norway and the Crown dependencies
Implementing the proposal in Ed Miliband’s party conference speech to lower the voting age would make Britain one of only a few countries to allow 16 year olds to vote. In this post, Democratic Audit asks leading democracy experts to share findings from nations that have introduced this change, focusing especially on Austria, Norway and, […]
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