15-year-old Annie Shields will be one of the many under-18s getting the chance to vote in the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence. She tells us how she feels about the lowered voting age. Sitting down to write this, I was still undecided as to whether or not I thought 16 and 17-year-olds should be allowed to vote… Continue reading On the 16 vote…
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SYP celebrate the ’16 vote’
Today, Monday 15 October 2012, the UK and Scottish Governments formally signed an agreement setting the criteria under which the referendum on Scotland’s constitutional future will be held. One of the key criteria is the franchise will be extended to all 16 and 17 year-olds. For the first time, Scotland’s young people will have say in… Continue reading SYP celebrate the ’16 vote’