Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-04-09

A Taiwanese NGO is pushing for a constitutional amendment that would lower the voting

Taiwanese NGOs are pushing for a constitutional amendment that would lower the voting age.

age. Right now you have to be 20 years old to vote in elections in Taiwan. But voting rights activists are hoping to move the voting age down to 18.

A new poll has found that a majority of people in Taiwan support holding a referendum to decide whether to lower the voting age to 18. The Taiwan Alliance for Advancement of Youth Rights and Welfare held a press conference on Monday to release the results. The alliance says that 52.6% of those surveyed are in favor of holding a referendum in conjunction with the year-end elections.

The alliance says that nearly half of those surveyed – 48.6% — support a constitutional amendment that would move the voting age from 20 down to 18.    [FULL  STORY]