Lowering the voting age to 16 appears to be a common position among liberal kooks in the UK and Canada.
In the movie “North”, in which children gained power over their parents by threating “divorce”, the voting age likely would have been lowered to 9.
Canadian Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (an American by birth) after her defeat for a seat in parliament in 2008 (she won that seat in the next election) stated that she would have won in a landslide if kids 5 and up could vote.
“Wild In The Streets” should be required viewing (demonstrating why the 18-under 21 set should never have been enfranchised, save military members). It’s like the “Idiocracy” of its era.
In several parts of the world, one is considered an adult at 16. In fact, in earlier times, many 16 y/o’s were living on their own. The schools, among other things, have prolonged childhood and retarded maturity.