Fitzpatrick favours reducing voting age to 16

Alliance Councillor Barney Fitzpatrick has spoken out in favour of lowering the voting age to 16.

His comments were made following an Assembly debate on the issue last week.

Councillor Fitzpatrick said: “Having the vote is one of the most important rights within a democracy. It therefore follows that the age at which people can vote is a significant political issue. Moreover, I believe that the voting age should be reduced to 16 for all elections.

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