Voting age
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A legal voting age is the minimum age that a person is allowed to vote in a democratic process. Most nations use 18 years of age as their voting age, but for other countries their voting age ranges be
Demonstration in favor of lowering the voting age by members of NYRA Berkeley, California (2004)
Age of candidacy
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Age of candidacy is the minimum age at which a person can legally hold certain elected government offices. In many cases, it also determines the age at which a person may be eligible to stand for an e
Voting age
…the extension of the legislative period for the National Council from four to five years. A further uncontroversial inclusion was a reduction in the candidacy age from 19 to 18. The Federal Council approved the Bill on 21 June, with no party voting against it. The voting age was reduced when the Bill's provisions…
In 1972, Linda Jenness ran for president of the United States as the third-party Socialist Workers Party candidate, although she was 31 at the time.