The OFFICIAL NSC Voting Age Poll

[wellquickwoody]

Voters should have to hold a UK passport, be living in the UK at election time, be in full time employment, male (from birth), be a homeowner, born south of Watford and over 40 years of age.

 

[Perkino]

If you are old enough to get married, have sex, drive a car and buy a beer along with a ploughmans lunch in a pub then you should be old enough to vote.

Saying that I think these things should be made 18 rather than the age to vote lowered!

 

[Djmiles]

No way in hell should it be lowered to 16. That means some kids at SCHOOL can vote. What a farse that would be!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

No way in hell should it be lowered to 16. That means some kids at SCHOOL can vote. What a farse that would be!

Indeed...

 

[Djmiles]

Indeed...

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

taxation without representation.

 

[sjamesb3466]

I voted other. I would have no problem with the age being lowered but it would have to coincide with the introduction of mandatory politics classes into the school curriculum. I highly doubt most 16 year olds could even explain the voting system to someone so how can they be expected to vote in it?

Whilst I agree totally with your post its worth pointing out that a large number of adults don't have a clue about how the voting system in this country works. However education is the only way for us to resolve this increasing problem so I would agree that if mandatory politics lessons were introduced from 12/13 years old then the age could be lowered.

 

[sjamesb3466]

Voters should have to hold a UK passport, be living in the UK at election time, be in full time employment, male (from birth), be a homeowner, born south of Watford and over 40 years of age.

You would be allowed to vote in this system I'm guessing?

 

[ryeseagull]

Make it property qualified. Keep the riff-raff under control, what, what!