Sentences with phrase «general election voting age»

During the debate, John Penrose, a Cabinet Office minister, told MPs it would be wrong to change the «tried and tested» general election voting age for a single poll.

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Rodriguez notes how many young Latinos turn the voting age every day, and their possible influence in upcoming election cycles and within their community in general.

(b) A United States citizen who is 17 years of age, is a resident in this State, and will be at least 18 years of age at the time of the next general election may vote in any intervening primary or special election that occurs before the next general election.

Our inability to coexist in my views may not be the only hurdle against 2019 general election as the age - long underage registration / voting challenge mooted above raised its ugly head in a recent but still trending video captured during a registration exercise and a local council poll in some states.

The parties also have a long - term interest in engaging the voters who are entering the electorate: we may live in an ageing society, but many of the voters who are eligible for the first time in 2015 will be around to vote in the next twelve or fifteen general elections.

At this age and time, the NDP insists «our voters register is not only compromised but also outmoded when there has been a global switch from this anachronism to electronic voting machines (EVMs) with the only requirement of a single definitive voter identity», citing India which has since 1998 been switching to electronic voters machine and perfected it in its 2014 general elections with what they described as «highly unprecedented efficiency.»

The voting age for the UK general election in May will remain at 18 and over, as this is controlled by Westminster.

The report said: «The changes do not directly affect the franchise for UK general elections, European Lords raise voting age concernsParliamentary elections, or local government elections beyond Scotland, and therefore the order has no immediate constitutional implications for the rest of the UK.

In 2010 only 44 % of 18 - 24 year olds voted in the General Election, and political minds are constantly trying to figure out a way to engage this age group.

Whilst 44 % of people aged 65 and over say they could see themselves voting Ukip in a European Parliament election, only 33 % say they would do the same in a General Election, according an ITV News poll carried out byelection, only 33 % say they would do the same in a General Election, according an ITV News poll carried out byElection, according an ITV News poll carried out by ComRes.

A report published by the Commission today (3 March) suggests that several million people will not be able to vote at the general election because they are not registered, that only a minority of the 17 - 24 age group are registered, and that large numbers of black and ethnic minority people will also be without a vote.

Such a survey and compilation shall, to the extent recommended by the Commission on Civil Rights, only include a count of persons of voting age by race, color, and national origin, and determination of the extent to which such persons are registered to vote, and have voted in any statewide primary or general election in which the Members of the United States House of Representatives are nominated or elected, since January 1, 1960.