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- Generation Now - Arizona youth rights organization whose focus involves lowering the voting age. Has pushed through legislation and lobbied Arizona legislators.
- Americans for a Society Free from Age Restrictions (ASFAR) - Organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the legal civil rights of youth; opposes voting age restrictions, curfews, and others laws which it considers age discrimination.
- National Youth Rights Association - America's largest and most successful youth rights organization. NYRA supports rights for all youth including lowering the drinking age, lowering the voting age, repealing curfews, and combating age discrimination.
- YouthSpeak - Organization promoting the youth right to vote in the United States.
- Votes at Sixteen Campaign - A coalition of organisations campaigning to lower the voting age for all public elections.
- Young Democrats of New York State - Dedicated to the advancement of the young people of or near voting age throughout the Empire State. Includes list of officers and resource links.
Wikipedia Articles
- Youth suffrage - Youth suffrage is the right to vote for people under the age of consent. Iran has a voting age of 15; Brazil and Nicaragua have a voting age of 16; and Indonesia, East Timor, Sudan, and Seychelles have a voting age of 17Worldwide Efforts to Lower the Voting Age, National Youth Rights Association..
- Voting age - A voting age is a minimum age established by law that a person must attain in order to be eligible to vote in a public election.
- Electoral reform in Texas - Electoral reform in Texas refers to efforts to change the voting and election laws in the Lone Star State. In 2001, State Representative Ron Wilson proposed lowering the state’s voting age to 14, and in 2003, he proposed lowering the state’s voting age to 16.
- Voting at Melodifestivalen - There have been many voting systems used at Melodifestivalen over the course of its history. The Swedish broadcasters have experimented with various techniques over the years including splitting the juries by age, regional voting and an "expert" jury.
- Votes at 16 - The Votes at 16 campaign is a movement organised in the United Kingdom which argues in favour of the reduction of the voting age to 16 for all public elections. The chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown has expressed his support for the cause, and has committed himself to lowering the voting age to 16.