Lowering the voting Age to sixteen

This is amazing how young people are shown to madder

This is so great, we saw the poster on our evening walk! Well done!

This is such a good cause i really hope to see progression in the government

With some Australian states having laws to jail 10 year old children I believe it’s important for young Australians to have more to say about how the country is run.

Congratulations on your initiative from Spain. Here too we would like at least people aged 16 and 17 to be able to vote. Good luck.

As a citizen of Malta, I am lucky enough to see voting at 16 implemented in all elections. Paired with the right civic education in schools and other educational institutions, it does empower us young people and get us more involved in politics, which after all effects us just as much as those over 18.

If you can be held criminally liable at 16 and society expects you to have a well informed view of right and wrong and consequences of action, you can surely be given the trust to inform yourself of political options and vote.

Long overdue!

sixteen year olds should have a say about their future. They know enough at 16 to vote

If you can be made to pay taxes, you should be able to have a say in where those taxes go. Youth issues and intergenerational inequality are dramatically underrepresented in our democratic dialog and this would be a small step towards rebalancing that. People who argue that "young people are too ill-informed to vote" should spend an afternoon having coffee with the median voter in their electorate :)

I firmly believe this would lead to better policies in regard to children and young people. Participation and representation matter.

I support universal suffrage and I wish more Australians did too.

Associate Professor of Law, Queen Mary University of London

Reducing the voting age to 16 empowers young people to take direct action and actively utilise their voices in shaping societal decisions, especially so when they are being acutely and disproportionately affected by issues. By lowering the voting age, we acknowledge the maturity and capacity of adolescents to contribute meaningfully to democratic processes.

Bring it on! Fully support this.

Young people have the capacity to make decisions at 16yo, and the law recognises this in so many ways. They should be able to vote.

Manchester Centre for Youth Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

I am in full support of this campaign. Young people's voices, contributions and - most importantly - political power needs to be part of the decision making process at every government level.

This is a great initiative on a vital public issue.

Very supportive!