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Votes at 16 call by Scottish Government.

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The Scottish Government has called for the voting age to be lowered to 16 and demanded the powers from Westminster to implement the change in Scotland. This would give 131,000 16- and 17-year olds in Scotland the vote. Bruce Crawford MSP, …

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