“Alas, I have often said to myself what are the boasted advantages which my country reaps from a certain Union that counterbalance the annihilation of her Independence, and even her name !” -Rabbie Burns
SNP back YSI call for votes at 16
At SNP Conference in Aviemore on Saturday, SNP delegates backed the YSI's resolution calling for votes at 16.
As mentioned on the BBC, the resolution was backed unanimously by delegates. David Linden, YSI National Organiser, can be seen putting the case on this youtube video...
David McDonald seconded the resolution, which reads:
Conference re-affirms the party’s long standing support for reducing the voting age to 16 years old, an age where a young adult can get married, form a civil partnership, have children, pay tax, join the armed forces and much more but cannot vote.
Conference regrets that, despite being responsible for local government elections, the Scottish Government is prevented by the Scotland Act from reducing the voting age for local authority elections to 16 and ensuring that young people are given the real voice in our democracy that they deserve.
Conference calls on the Westminster Parliament to remove this reserved power from the Scotland Act to allow the Scottish Government full control over voting rights in Scottish local government elections.
