turnout
Let’s lower the voting age to 16
The Twitter generation is engaged and deserves a say
The numbers
By the time advanced voting was closed at 11am this morning, 55,659 New Democrats had cast ballots in the leadership race. Based on a total party membership of approximately 132,000, that means a little over 42% of members have already voted.
Will no one rid us of these turnout nerds?
Our voter-turnout figures are low by historical standards partly because we lowered the voting age in 1970. Why would lowering it again fix things?
Just ask
Ilona Dougherty argues that civics classes aren’t the answer and again stresses the need to actively court young voters the way other age groups are courted.
Our gerontocracy
Frank Graves considers the ramifications of declining voter turnout.
Politics these days
While pollsters try to adjust for the demographics of voting, Ilona Dougherty defends the young non-voter.
You and what mob?
Apathy is Boring’s Ilona Dougherty wrote this before election day, so now it seems prescient.
The early returns
Elections Canada reports on the turnout at last weekend’s advance polls.
The student vote
Sarah Millar asks an important question: will vote mobs mean actual votes?
The voting age: should it be raised to 50?
Makes about as much sense as lowering it to 16