The UK government announced that the age of voting in the country will be reduced from 18 to 16 years before the next general election. This step has been taken with the intention of increasing participation in democracy. In Scotland and Wales, youths of 16–17 years can already vote in local elections. Britain will now be included in the list of countries like Austria, Ecuador and Brazil, where voting is allowed in 16 years.
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Not only this, after the implementation of these changes, people will be able to apply for voting by post at least 14 days before voting. Earlier this time limit was 11 days. To ensure that people get their ballot on time. The proposed law will bring uniformity regarding the age of the right to vote across the UK. In Scotland and Wales, the youth could have already voted to choose their representatives for the new Parliament, but this is not the case in the British elections.
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Which countries have got voting rights in 16 years
In Europe only Austria, Malta, Isle of Man and Channel Islands have given the right to vote to at least 16 years of age. According to The Guardian, in other countries, Brazil, Argentina and Cuba have also reduced the age of voting to 16 years. In some parts of Germany, Israel and Estonia, children aged 16 and 17 are allowed to vote if not all, if not all. In Nicaragua, 16 -year -old children are allowed to vote, while the legal age of voting in Indonesia, Eastern Timor, Ethiopia, North Korea and Sudan is 17 years.