Thursday, November 19, 2015

#UK: House Of Lords Votes To Let 16 & 17-Year-Olds Vote In 2016 #EU Referendum; Cameron Defeat

[world politics news]


The upper house of parliament has approved a bill allowing 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in the 2016 referendum on whether the UK should remain in the European Union. The bill was opposed by Conservative PM David Cameron. Those 16 and 17 years old were allowed to vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum,

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