OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE?
Sep 01, 2020
2 minutes
by Adele Fasick
Nelson Mandela, the man who brought democracy to South Africa in 1994, thought everyone over the age of 14 should be allowed to vote. He said young people who had fought for freedom were old enough to help choose the country’s leaders. His bill was defeated, and the voting age was set at 18. That is the same age set
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