Editing Voting age (section)

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The vast majority of countries and territories have a minimum voting age of 18-years-old as of October 2020.<ref name="Pew Research">{{cite web |url= https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/30/from-voter-registration-to-mail-in-ballots-how-do-countries-around-the-world-run-their-elections/ |title= From voter registration to mail-in ballots, how do countries around the world run their elections? |last1= Schumacher |first1= Shannon |last2= Connaughton |first2= Aidan |date= 30 October 2020 |website= Pew Research Center |access-date= 14 February 2023}}</ref> According to data from the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network, 205 countries and territories have a minimum voting age of 18 for national elections out of 237 countries and territories the organization has data on as of October 2020.<ref name="Pew Research"/> As of the aforementioned date, 12 countries or territories have a minimum voting age of less than 18, with 3 countries or territories at 17-years-old, and 9 countries or territories at 16-years-old.<ref name="Pew Research"/> 16-years-old is the lowest minimum age globally for national elections, while the highest is 25-years-old which is only the case in the [[United Arab Emirates]] (UAE).<ref name="Pew Research"/> This age of 25 was also the case in Italy for Senate ([[upper house]]) elections until it was lowered to 18 in 2021.<ref name="Italy">{{Cite web|title=Voto a 18 anni al Senato, tappa di una lunga marcia verso un bicameralismo senza senso|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/voto-18-anni-senato-tappa-una-lunga-marcia-un-bicameralismo-senza-senso-AEhTtEY|access-date=2021-09-13|website=Il Sole 24 ORE|date=21 July 2021|language=it}}</ref> Italy's [[lower house]] of Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, has had a minimum voting age of 18 since 1975, when it was lowered from 21.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/09/archives/voting-age-is-lowered-in-italy-to-18-from-21.html |title= Voting Age Is Lowered In Italy to 18 From 21 |date= 9 March 1975 |website= The New York Times |access-date= 14 February 2023}}</ref>