Poll: Should 16-year-olds get the vote?
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has reignited the question of lowering the voting age to 16. What to you think?
Speaking in the Scottish parliament for the first time since Scotland rejected independence, Mr Salmond called for the voting age in UK elections to be lowered to 16 by the 2015 general election.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said this week his party would give all 16 and 17-year-olds the vote. The Liberal Democrats promised the change in their 2010 manifesto but the Conservatives have historically opposed the move.
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Mr Salmond said 16 and 17-year-olds had shown themselves to be "serious, passionate and committed citizens" in the referendum and insisted there was an "overwhelming, unanswerable" case for giving them the vote in all future elections in Scotland and across the UK.
Speaking at this week's Labour conference, Mr Miliband said: "It's time to hear the voice of young people in our politics."
The move would affect more than 1.5 million teenagers in the UK.
Those in favour of the move say 16-year-olds can live on their own, get married, pay taxes and join the army.
Opponents say people are going to school for longer, joining the workforce at an older age and getting married later.
Countries where voting at 16 is common practice include Austria, Germany, Norway, Argentina and Brazil.
