Join our A NEW AGE IN VOTING Campaign

 Want to have your say but not old enough to vote?

 Join NYCI to share ideas and learn new skills to progress the campaign on Saturday, April 10th 2010

At the meeting we will provide:

  • Youth activism training
  • The chance to ask a politician what works in lobbying issues
  • The opportunity to create a video for use on social networking sites to spread the word!
This interactive and exciting meeting will take place at Temple Bar Hotel, Fleet Street, Dublin 2.   This event is FREE OF CHARGE and travel expenses on public transport will be reimbursed. Lunch is also provided.   To apply please complete an application form, a parental consent form (if under 18) and an image consent form and post it to NYCI, 3 Montague Street, Dublin 2.   Deadline for applications is Monday, March 22nd 2010.  

For further information contact Clodagh O’Brien at communications@nyci.ie or by phone at 01-478 4122.  

Vote at 16 campaign group presents to Oireachtas Committee

The National Youth Council of Ireland’s Vote at 16 campaign group met with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution on January 13th 2010 to urge the Government to reduce the voting age.

NYCI at the Oireachtas 3 from Nyci Advocacy on Vimeo.

In the revised Programme for Government last year a commitment was made for an Independent Electoral Commission to look at extending the franchise of voting to young people of 16 & 17 in local elections.

What we want:

We want the law changed so that 16 and 17-year-olds can vote in the Local and European Parliament elections.
The age at which an individual can vote should be reduced from 18 to 16 years of age in local and European Parliament elections. Given the decline in voter participation, we believe the best way to address this problem is to implement a series of measures to facilitate a greater voter turn out, particularly among young people.

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