Vote at 16 Conference: February 9th 2012
NYCI invites young people aged 15 – 25 to a Vote@16 youth conference on February 11th - focusing on democracy and how young Irish people can become active citizens.
When: Saturday 11th February 2012 (deadline to apply Wednesday 1 February)
Where: The Morrison Hotel, Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
DOWNLOAD THE EVENT FLIERPresentation to the Oireactas Sub-committee on the Constitution
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.
A New Age in Voting
Change the law so that young people aged 16 and 17 years can vote!
NYCI believes that young people should have a greater say in decisions and actions that affect them and their community.
Due to this belief we are campaigning to Government so the voting age is reduced to 16 for local and European elections. Click here for 7 reasons on why age should be reduced.
