Suffrage

modern campaigns for suffrage

• votes at 16

• voter ID

• Prisoners allowed to vote

yes to 16-17 being able to vote

• w spread of citizenship education, yg ppl now better informed abt politics than ever

• voting turnout among 18-24 is very low, may encourage more ppl to vote n be engaged w politics

• internet n social now enable yg better informed

• if one old enough to serve in army or pay tax should vote

• radicalism of yg ppl could act useful balance to conservatism of older voters.

no to 16-17 old votes

• too young to be able to make informed decisions and are now required to be in some form of education until 18

• many issues apparently too complex for yg ppl to understand

• not all ppl in this age group pay tax so seen to have lower stake in society

• yg can be excessively radical as have not had enough life experience to consider issues carefully

(spare)