the legal voting age was changed to 18 in 1971.
the legal voting age was changed to 18 in 1971.
when was the legal voting age changed to 18?
1971
before 1970, the legal voting age was 21 across australia, at both federal level and in all of the states and territories of australia. in that year however, the state of western australia lowered the voting age to 18, and new south wales passed a law to lower the age, although it had not yet taken effect at the time of this case. south australia lowered the age in 1971. at the federal level, the liberal government under billy mcmahon was opposed to lowering the voting age, and resisted calls to follow the states in lowering the age.
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section::::debate on lowering the voting age to 16.:brazil.









































brazil lowered the voting age from 18 to 16 in the 1988 constitution. the presidential election of 1989 was the first with the lower voting age. people between the ages 18 and 70 are required to vote.









































section::::debate on lowering the voting age to 16.:iceland.









































the first proposal to lower the voting age to 16 years was submitted in parliament in 2007. a bill to lower the voting age for municipal elections reached the final reading in 2018, but was filibustered by opponents until the close of the parliamentary session.
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