Sixteen year olds across the UK will be granted the vote as part of wider plans set out by the government to reform the electoral system – with calls for changes to be implemented before the next ...

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is held the House floor today for over eight hours, setting a new record and delaying what GOP leaders hoped would be a quick march to the final vote on President ...

The Supreme Court rules on the president's bid to end birthright citizenship and Congress races to pass a GOP domestic policy ...

Among other criminal justice policy adjustments, LB530 makes changes to youth detention — changing the minimum age for youth detention in Nebraska.

This bill proposes to introduce mandatory voting for all Nigerians of voting age in general elections, both at the national and state levels.

Age limits on members of Congress could attract support from both Republicans and Democrats, Nathan L. Gonzales writes.

A Nebraska lawmaker who is seeking to end online and mail-in voter registration and do away with "no-excuse" early and mail-in voting in the state insisted Wednesday that his efforts are only ...

A bill to allow 16- and 17-year-old Oregonians to vote in school board elections drew passionate testimony Monday, with supporters saying teens younger than 18 are eager to have a say in issues ...

Lawmakers can no longer give a “soft no” against ending debate or passing legislation during the Nebraska Legislature’s third and final stage of debate, unless they have a conflict of interest.

LINCOLN — Lawmakers can no longer give a “soft no” against ending debate or passing legislation during the Nebraska Legislature’s third and final stage of debate, unless they have a ...

We did it before, and we can do it again. In 1970, Nixon extended the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which included a provision to lower the federal voting age from 21 to 18. A year later, the 26th Amendment ...