Motion or amendment: Lowering the Voting Age for 16 and 17 Year Olds - Amendment 1

Motion or amendment by Mr Nick Mathison on 19 September 2024.

MLA: Mr Nick Mathison
Party at the time: Alliance Party
Date: 19 September 2024
Type: Motion or amendment
Business: Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Lowering the Voting Age for 16 and 17 Year Olds”
Heading: Lowering the Voting Age for 16 and 17 Year Olds - Amendment 1
Assembly identifier: Document 410993

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Lowering the Voting Age for 16 and 17 Year Olds - Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘referendums;’ and insert:
‘endorses the recommendation from the Institute of Public Policy Research 2023 report, Out of Kilter, which calls for votes at 16 to be combined with high-quality and expansive civic education in schools to boost voter turnout and political engagement among young people; calls on the Minister of Education to consider this expanded civic education as part of the pending review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum; and further calls on the British Government to introduce legislation to reduce the voting age for all elections and referendums to 16.’

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