Editing Voting age (section)

===Alphabetical list of countries===

====Australia====
*[[Australian Democrats]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Andrew |date=2018-08-18 |title='Young people have lots to offer': Should these teens be able to vote? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/young-people-have-lots-to-offer-should-these-teens-be-able-to-vote-20180807-p4zw34.html |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Australian Greens]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lower the Voting Age |url=https://greens.org.au/campaigns/lower-voting-age |website=Australian Greens}}</ref>
*[[Australian Labor Party]]<ref name="abc.net.au"/>
*[[Socialist Alliance (Australia)|Socialist Alliance]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Youth |url=https://socialist-alliance.org/policy/youth |website=Socialist Alliance|date=16 January 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Fusion Party (Australia)|Fusion Party]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.fusionparty.org.au/policy_faq |title= Other positions and policy FAQ |website= fusionparty.org.au |access-date= 10 February 2023}}</ref>
*Grapefruit Foundation (to 15 years of age){{Cn|date=September 2024}}

====Austria====
*[[The Greens – The Green Alternative]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-26 |title=What happens when the voting age is lowered to 16? A decade of evidence from Austria |url=https://www.democraticaudit.com/2020/02/26/what-happens-when-the-voting-age-is-lowered-to-16-a-decade-of-evidence-from-austria/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Democratic Audit |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[Liberal Forum]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberale.at/|title=Aktuelle Themen|publisher=Liberale.at|access-date=6 January 2011|archive-date=13 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813153155/http://www.liberale.at/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Social Democratic Party of Austria]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spoe.at/|title=× SPÖ - Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs × Startseite |publisher=Spoe.at|date=17 December 2010}}</ref>
*vote4future.at Austrian National Youth Council<ref>{{cite web|author=Bundesjugendvertretung|url=http://www.vote4future.at/|title=. Nationalratswahl 2006|publisher=vote4future.at.|access-date=6 January 2011}}</ref>

====Belgium====
*[[Ecolo]]<ref name="Belgium2015"/>
*[[Groen (political party)|Groen]]<ref name="Belgium2015">{{cite news|url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/957/Binnenland/article/detail/2311536/2015/05/06/Open-Vld-en-Groen-willen-stemrecht-op-16-jaar.dhtml|title=Open Vld en Groen willen stemrecht op 16 jaar|date=5 May 2015|newspaper=Het Laatste Nieuws}}</ref>
*[[Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten]]<ref name="Belgium2015"/>

====Canada====
*[[Green Party of Canada]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Democratic renewal and proportional representation|url=https://greenparty.ca/en/policy/vision-green/government/democratic-renewal|website=Green Party of Canada|access-date=10 August 2015|archive-date=7 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807063232/https://www.greenparty.ca/en/policy/vision-green/government/democratic-renewal|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Green Party of Quebec]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Democracy|url=http://en.pvq.qc.ca/democracy|website=Green Party of Quebec|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[New Democratic Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndp.ca/courage?focus=13934165&nothing=nothing|title=The courage to do what's right|website=Canada's NDP}}</ref>
*[[Ontario Liberal Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ontario-mpp-tables-bill-to-lower-voting-age-to-16-1.3829696|title=Ontario MPP tables bill to lower voting age to 16|first=Josh|last=Dehaas|date=5 March 2018|website=CTVNews}}</ref>
*[[Parti Québécois]]<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Parti Québécois|date=7 December 2011|language=fr|title=Le Parti Québécois présente une douzaine de propositions pour changer la politique|url=http://pq.org/actualite/communiques/le_parti_quebecois_presente_une_douzaine_de_propositions_pour_changer_la_polit|access-date=8 December 2011|quote=L’abaissement de l’âge légal pour voter à 16 ans. (Lowering the legal voting age to 16 years)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503172643/http://pq.org/actualite/communiques/le_parti_quebecois_presente_une_douzaine_de_propositions_pour_changer_la_polit|archive-date=3 May 2012}}</ref>

====Czechia====
*[[Czech Pirate Party]]{{Cn|date=September 2024}}
*[[Green Party (Czech Republic)|Green Party]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-29 |title=The Czech president casts his ballot for lowering the voting age |url=https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/president-pavel-supports-lowering-voting-age-to-16 |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.expats.cz |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Mayors and Independents]]{{Cn|date=September 2024}}

====Denmark====
*[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scandinavian Political Studies |url=https://tidsskrift.dk/scandinavian_political_studies/article/download/32065/29579?inline=1 |website=tidsskrift.dk}}</ref>
*[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Socialist People's Party]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review article: The Lowering of the Voting Age in Denmark: The Referendum of September 1978 |url=https://tidsskrift.dk/scandinavian_political_studies/article/download/32316/30081?inline=1 |website=tidsskrift.dk}}</ref>
*[[Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.duf.dk|title=DUF - Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd fremmer unges deltagelse - Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd|work=Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd}}</ref>

====Estonia====
*[[Estonian National Youth Council]]
*[[Young Social Democrats (Estonia)|Young Social Democrats]]

====France====
*[[La France Insoumise]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avenirencommun.fr/livrets-thematiques/le-livret-jeunesse/|title=Pour l'émancipation de la jeunesse ! - JLM2017|date=29 January 2024 }}</ref>

====Germany====
*[[Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intergenerationaljustice.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=85&Itemid=116|title=FRFG-Intergenerational Justice - Children's Rights|publisher=Intergenerationaljustice.org|access-date=6 January 2011}}</ref>
*K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. (demanding abolition of any age-based voting restrictions)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.kraetzae.de/vote/|title=K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. - Right to vote - Overview|publisher=En.kraetzae.de|access-date=6 January 2011}}</ref>
*[[Social Democratic Party of Germany]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Germany, opposition parties advocate to lower voting age for nationwide elections from 18 to 16 |url=https://constitutionnet.org/news/germany-opposition-parties-advocate-lower-voting-age-nationwide-elections-18-16 |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=ConstitutionNet |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
*[[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]

====Greece====
*[[Ecologist Greens]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecogreens.gr/gr/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=989|title=The youth must have a say (greek) (Ecologist Greens)|publisher=Ecogreens.gr|access-date=6 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716182807/http://www.ecogreens.gr/gr/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=989|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>

====Ireland====
*[[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]]<ref>[https://greenparty.ie/policies/political-reform-policy/ Political Reform] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614045659/https://greenparty.ie/policies/political-reform-policy/ |date=14 June 2018 }}. Accessed via Green Party (Ireland) (official website). Retrieved 19 June 2017.</ref>
*[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labour.ie/press/listing/122804883786263.html|title=Labour Ireland - ''Local election voting age should be lowered to 16''|publisher=Labour.ie|date=30 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113110018/http://www.labour.ie/press/listing/122804883786263.html|archive-date=13 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Sinn Féin]]<ref>[http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/sinn-fein-calls-for-voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16-801776.html Sinn Féin calls for voting age to be lowered to 16]. ''Irish Examiner''. Published 12 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.</ref>
*[[Socialist Party (Ireland)|Socialist Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.socialistparty.net/youth/manifesto2.htm|title=A Programme For Socialist Change - SY Manifesto (p. 2)|publisher=Socialistparty.net|access-date=6 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425091849/http://www.socialistparty.net/youth/manifesto2.htm|archive-date=25 April 2011}}</ref>
In 2013, the [[Constitutional Convention (Ireland)|Constitutional Convention]] was asked to consider reducing the voting age to 17 and recommended lowering it to 16.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.constitution.ie/AttachmentDownload.ashx?mid=e1f8e128-2496-e211-a5a0-005056a32ee4|title=First Report on (i) Reducing the voting age to 17; and (ii) Reducing the Presidential term of office to five years and aligning it with the local and European elections.|author=Convention on the Constitution|date=March 2013|access-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319220719/https://www.constitution.ie/attachmentdownload.ashx?mid=e1f8e128-2496-e211-a5a0-005056a32ee4|archive-date=19 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Government of the 31st Dáil|then government]] agreed to hold a referendum,<ref name="dail20130718">{{cite web|url=http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/debateswebpack.nsf/takes/dail2013071800021?opendocument#T00100|title=Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Statements|date=18 July 2013|work=Dáil Éireann debates|publisher=Oireachtas|access-date=14 August 2013}}</ref> but in 2015 postponed it indefinitely to give priority to other referendums.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/voting-age-16-1884047-Jan2015/|title=Enda accused of 'betraying' young people by scrapping voting age referendum|last=Ryan|first=Órla|date=15 January 2015|work=[[TheJournal.ie]]}}</ref>

====Italy====
*[[Five Star Movement]]<ref>[https://www.thelocal.it/20170509/five-star-movement-leader-beppe-grillo-italy-m5s-16-year-olds-teenagers-vote-elections-politics Five Star Movement leader Grillo wants 16-year-olds to get the vote]. [[The Local Italy]]. Author - Catherine Edwards. Published 9 May 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.</ref>
*[[Lega Nord|Northern League]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tecnicadellascuola.it/salvini-abbassare-a-16-anni-il-diritto-di-voto|title=Salvini: "Abbassare a 16 anni il diritto di voto" - Tecnica della Scuola|date=11 November 2015|work=Tecnica della Scuola|language=it-IT}}</ref>
*[[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lastampa.it/speciale/politica/elezioni-politiche-2022/2022/09/02/news/il_piano_del_pd_per_i_giovani-8210797/|title=Pd, il piano di Letta per i giovani: "dote" ai diciottenni, apprendistato e voto a 16 anni |date=2 September 2022|work=La Stampa|language=it-IT}}</ref>

====Lithuania====
*[[Social Democratic Party of Lithuania]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bieliavska |first1=Jadvyga |title=Socialdemokratai nori įteisinti balsavimą nuo 16 metų savivaldos rinkimuose |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2/2065831/socialdemokratai-nori-iteisinti-balsavima-nuo-16-metu-savivaldos-rinkimuose |website=LRT |language=lt |date=30 August 2023}}</ref>

====Luxembourg====
*[[The Left (Luxembourg)|The Left]]<ref>{{cite news |last= Schnuer |first= Cordula |date= 25 January 2022 |title= "Historic step" as Luxembourgish enshrined in constitution |url= https://delano.lu/article/historic-step-as-luxembourgish |work= Delano |access-date= 6 May 2022 |quote= Luxembourg’s electorate of over-18s counts around 260,000 people, out of a population of 626,000, with Déi Lénk also in favor of lowering the voting age to 16.}}</ref>

====Malaysia====
*[[UNDI18]]

====Netherlands====
*[[GroenLinks]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://groenlinks.nl/sites/groenlinks/files/2021-03/GroenLinks_Verkiezingsprogramma%202021.pdf |title=tijd voor nieuwe realisme |last1=postma |first1=jeroen |last2=Bodegraven | first2=Robbert |last3=Ellemeet |first3=Corinne |last4=Kâhya |first4=Ufuk |last5=Kohlmann |first5=Christel |last6=Snels |first6=Bart |last7=Pels |first7=Zita |last8=Vendrik |first8=Kees |last9=Rodenburg |first9=Hans |last10=Streefkerk |first10=Mathilde |last11=Evenberg |first11=Zander |date=2021 |access-date=7 January 2022 |language=nl |trans-title=Time for new realism}}</ref>
*[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Partij van de Arbeid]]
*[[Volt Netherlands]]
*[[Party for the Animals|Partij voor de Dieren]]
*[[Democrats 66|Democraten 66]]
*[[BIJ1]]

====New Zealand====
*[[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand]]
*[[New Zealand Labour Party]]
*[[Te Pāti Māori]]
*[[The Opportunities Party]]
*[[Make It 16 Aotearoa New Zealand]]

====Norway====
*[[Liberal Party (Norway)|Liberal Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.venstre.no/|title=Venstre - Småbedrifter &#124; Miljø &#124; Velferd &#124; Kunnskap|publisher=Venstre.no|access-date=6 January 2011}}</ref>
*[[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sv.no/|title=Forside - Sosialistisk Venstreparti|language=no|publisher=Sv.no|access-date=6 January 2011}}</ref>

====Poland====
*[[Poland 2050]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://konkret24.tvn24.pl/polityka/wybory-holownia-obnizymy-wiek-wyborczy-do-16-lat-a-gdzie-juz-tak-jest-st6986300 | title=Hołownia: obniżymy wiek wyborczy do 16 lat. A gdzie już tak jest?|language=pl|publisher=TVN24|date=26 April 2023|access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>

====Portugal====
*[[Left Bloc (Portugal)|Left Bloc]]
*[[Liberal Initiative]]
*[[LIVRE]]
*[[People Animals Nature]]
*[[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party]]

====Romania====
*[[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reteauadestiri.ro/gorghiu-insista-vrea-tinerii-la-vot-de-la-16-ani/|title=Gorghiu insistă: vrea tinerii la vot de la 16 ani|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[National Union for the Progress of Romania]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digi24.ro/Stiri/Digi24/Actualitate/Politica/Votul+la+16+ani+revine+in+discutie|title=Votul la 16 ani revine în discuție|date=30 May 2015 |access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>

====Spain====
*[[United Left (Spain)|Izquierda Unida]]

====Sweden====

*[[Feminist Initiative (Sweden)|Feminist Initiative]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://feministisktinitiativ.se/politik/politikens-organisering/|title=Politikens organisering · Feministiskt Initiativ|website=Feministiskt Initiativ}}</ref>
*[[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vansterpartiet.se/politik/barns-och-ungas-rattigheter/|title=Barns och ungas rättigheter|website=Vänsterpartiet|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926132612/https://www.vansterpartiet.se/politik/barns-och-ungas-rattigheter/|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mp.se/politik/demokrati-och-politik|title=Sverige ska vara öppet|date=5 December 2013|website=Miljöpartiet|access-date=13 March 2017|archive-date=13 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313125647/https://www.mp.se/politik/demokrati-och-politik|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====United Kingdom====
*[[Green Party of England and Wales]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greenparty.org.uk/archive/news-archive/3440.html/|title=Green Party - Greens back calls for votes at 16|date=6 June 2008|work=greenparty.org.uk}}</ref>
*[[Green Party Northern Ireland]]<ref>[http://www.greenpartyni.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/GreenParty_Manifesto_2017_Web.pdf Green Party in Northern Ireland manifesto 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226131251/http://www.greenpartyni.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/GreenParty_Manifesto_2017_Web.pdf |date=26 February 2017 }}. Section - Equality. P.15. Retrieved 9 September 2017.</ref>
*[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]<ref>[https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/labour-manifesto-2017.pdf Labour Party Manifesto 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721070933/https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/labour-manifesto-2017.pdf |date=21 July 2020 }}. Page 103. Retrieved 11 September 2018</ref>
*[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]<ref>[https://labour.org.uk/latest/stories/time-votes-16/ Constitutional & Political Reform]. Liberal Democrats (official website). Retrieved 11 May 2017.</ref>
*[[Liberal Party (UK, 1989)|Liberal Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://liberal.org.uk/policies/government/|title=The Liberal Party: Government|last=Proffitt|first=David|work=liberal.org.uk|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-date=18 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418093215/http://liberal.org.uk/policies/government/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[National Health Action Party]]<ref>[http://nhap.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/National-Health-Action-Party-Election-Manifesto-2015.pdf National Health Action Party - election manifesto 2015]. National Health Action Party (official website). p.10 - 'A fair political system'. Retrieved 14 May 2017.</ref>
*[[Plaid Cymru]]<ref>[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/lower-voting-age-to-16-2444307 'Lower voting age to 16']. ''Wales Online''. Published 9 March 2004. Last updated 31 March 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2017.</ref>
*[[Scottish Conservatives]]
*[[Scottish Greens]]
*[[Scottish National Party]]
*[[Scottish Socialist Party]]<ref>[https://www.scottishsocialistparty.org/policies/policy-index/building-better-scotland/ Building a Better Scotland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325125726/https://www.scottishsocialistparty.org/policies/policy-index/building-better-scotland/ |date=25 March 2017 }}. 'We will also campaign for the following measures, which are not within the Scottish Parliament’s powers:...'''The reduction of the voting and candidacy age to 16 – for all elections''''. Scottish Socialist Party (official website). Retrieved 1 February 2017.</ref>
*[[Social Democratic and Labour Party]]
*[[Ulster Unionist Party]]
*[[Votes at 16]]

====United States====
{{See also|History of youth rights in the United States}}
*[[FairVote]]
*[[Green Party of Texas]]<ref name="Green Party of Texas">{{cite web|title=Platform|url=http://www.txgreens.org/platform|website=txgreens.org|access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=September 2024}}
*[[National Youth Rights Association]]
*[[Rock the Vote]]
*[[Socialist Party USA]] (to 15 years of age)
*[[Vermont Libertarian Party]]{{Secondary source needed|date=September 2024}}
*Future Voters of America<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futurevotersofamerica.org/|title=Future Voters of America|publisher=Future Voters of America|access-date=6 January 2011|archive-date=17 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517155556/http://www.futurevotersofamerica.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Vote16USA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vote16usa.org/ |title=Vote16USA|publisher=Vote16USA|access-date=7 August 2020}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=September 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-04 |title=Meng Reintroduces Legislation to Lower the Voting Age in America to 16 Years Old {{!}} Congresswoman Grace Meng |url=https://meng.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/meng-reintroduces-legislation-to-lower-the-voting-age-in-america-to-16 |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=meng.house.gov |language=en}}</ref>