25 h. ago Officials plead not guilty in ‘vote harvesting’ election probe

The investigation is being criticized as politically driven

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34 h. ago 9 people plead not guilty in a Texas elections probe involving 'vote harvesting'

Nine people have pleaded not guilty to felony charges brought forth in a rural Texas county by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton as part of a widening elections investigation

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3 d. ago Mum who cheated death during bowel cancer op backs bid to see screening age lowered

Elaine Cunningham, from Glasgow, was just 37 when she underwent an operation to remove a tumour just a few months after she first experienced symptoms of the disease.

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4 d. ago India’s election body faces scrutiny as voter list anomalies prompt allegations of ‘vote theft’

Opposition leader accuses election commission of aiding Narendra Modi’s ruling party through mass voter deletion

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1 week ago Poland is sliding back towards populism. Democrats elsewhere should heed our mistakes | Karolina Wigura and Jarosław Kuisz

Donald Tusk has failed to offer a positive vision for the future. Without one, liberals will just be an interval between populist actsWe were travelling across Poland by train the day after the country’s sensational parliamentary elections in autumn 2023. When news of the results came through, passengers in our compartment fell into each other’s arms, rejoicing as though a great weight had been lifted from their shoulders. Hard as it was to believe after eight years, the national populists of the Law and Justice party had been ousted from power on a record turnout of 75% of voters. We felt the potential of democracy to change things for the better as a physical sensation.Less than two years have passed but this enthusiasm has disappeared without trace. The Law and Justice-backed candidate Karol Nawrocki won the presidential election run off in June with 50.89% of the vote, securing the admiration of Donald Trump in the process. Days before Nawrocki’s swearing in on Wednesday [6 Augu...

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3 w. ago Giving 16 and 17 year olds the vote is a chance to tackle online disinformation for good

New electoral reforms mean 16 and 17 year olds will be able to vote at the next general election.

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3 w. ago SARAH VINE: Why is 16 too young for voting? Ask a brain scientist...

The news last week that our glorious leader, Sir Keir Starmer, has followed through on his electoral threat to lower the voting age to 16 has rather dampened my mood.

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3 w. ago Readers' letters: Lower the voting age, but make sure all votes count

Readers have differing opinions over Labour’s changes to electoral law, such as reducing the voting age to 16

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3 w. ago Britain is lowering the voting age to 16. It's getting a mixed reaction

The British government has announced plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage vows to give Labour a 'nasty surprise' after it moved to lower voting age to 16

MailOnline's own analysis of the 2024 election result suggests Labour could have won up to nine extra seats if 16 and 17-year-olds had been allowed to vote.

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4 w. ago UK to lower voting age to 16 – but not everyone is convinced

Votes at 16 has grown from a niche concern to become a salient issue supported by most UK political parties and electoral reform groups

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4 w. ago Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – UK politics live

Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’Good morning and welcome to our coverage of UK politics. We’re now in recess but we’ll still be bringing you all the news from across the country including continued reaction to the suspension of Diane Abbott.This morning, a minister has denied the veteran MP’s assertion that “it is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out”.That’s absolutely not the case.What’s happened is Diane has made some comments which come on the back of previous comments which she made and for which she apologised some time ago.The details of more than 100 Britons, including spies and special forces personnel, were included in a massive data leak that resulted in thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK.The voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system.Labour significantly outspent the Conservatives...

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4 w. ago Count us out! Teenagers given the power to vote by Starmer say 16 and 17

Sir Keir Starmer today unveiled plans to 'modernise our democracy' by lowering England's voting age from 18 to 16 to bring national elections in line with those held in Scotland and Wales

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4 w. ago What happened the last time a Labour government opted to lower the voting age?

There are parallels between the political conditions which faced Harold Wilson and Sir Keir Starmer’s current challenges.

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4 w. ago Loose Women's Charlene White interrupts Kelly Brook as TV debate gets awkward

During a debate on the news that the voting age has been lowered, Loose Women anchor Charlene White was called out by viewers for interrupting Kelly Brook.

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4 w. ago Starmer defends lowering voting age to 16, saying people old enough to pay tax should have a say – UK politics live

Plan to give 16 and 17-year-olds vote across UK means nearly 1.5 million more people will be to have say at general electionWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcing a “civil society covenant”.There is a live feed here.Why does this government think a 16-year-old can vote but not be allowed to buy a lottery ticket or an alcoholic drink, marry or go to war, or even stand in the elections they’re voting? It isn’t the government’s position on the age of maturity just hopelessly confused? Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Britain will lower its voting age to 16 in a bid to strengthen democracy

Britain has announced plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election

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4 w. ago How old do you have to be to vote in general elections as voting age to be lowered?

England will be lowing lowering the age to vote - the Parliament has previously rejected the idea twice, once in 1999 and once more in 2005

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4 w. ago Votes at 16 policy ‘hopelessly confused’, claim Conservatives

Paul Holmes asked why the Government plans to lower the voting age while 16-year-olds are not allowed to buy lottery tickets or alcohol.

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4 w. ago Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election

16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration and a crackdown on foreign interferenceThe voting age will be lowered to 16 in the UK by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system.The government said it was a reform to bring in more fairness for 16- and 17-year-olds, many of whom already work and are able to serve in the military. It brings the whole of the UK voting age to 16. Scotland and Wales have already made the change for Holyrood and Senedd elections, as well as local council elections. Continue reading...

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