German State Lowers Voting Age to 16

Politicians in Bremen are reaching out to a big bloc of new voters: The city-state’s 16- and 17-year-old citizens. Bremen has become the first German state to extend state level voting rights to 16-year-old residents, but several more of the other 15 states—mostly those led by center-left parties—are…

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German State Lowers Voting Age to 16

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