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The UK will lower its voting age to 16. Could the U.S. follow suit?

The UK will lower its voting age to 16. Could the U.S. follow suit?

The British government aims to make all 16- and 17-year-olds eligible to vote starting in the next U.K. general election. Some voting age limits are changing in the U.S., but only at the local level.

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