Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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« on: October 13, 2007, 09:03:48 AM » |
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In Austria the voting age was lowered to 16 this year by the new SPÖ-ÖVP-coalition. It will take effect 1/1/2008 for all Austrian Elections. In my state, Salzburg, the voting age was already lowered to 16 in 2005 after the Social Democratic Party won the 2004 state elections. I´m fine with both 16 years and 18 years. Turnout among younger Austrian voters is relatively high. Youth voting rights groups had a major impact on the coalition parties to lower the voting age from 18 to 16. The Greens and the Social Democrats are probably the ones who will benefit most in the next Austrian elections.
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