Voting Age Experiment
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Before Election
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After Election
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Australia's voting age is currently 18, but have you ever wondered what would happen if it was lowered? That's something that South Australia's Commissioner for Children and Young People is aiming to test during the upcoming state election there.
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Questions
1. Discuss the BTN story as a class. What points were raised in the discussion?
2. Currently, how old do you have to be to vote?
3. In what year were women given the right to vote?
4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people weren’t allowed to have their say until ___________.
5. Why do some people think the voting age should be lowered to 16?
6. What are the arguments against lowering the voting age?
7. Why are they holding a mock election at Scotch College?
8. The votes will be included in the official election result. True or false?
9. Do you think the voting age should be lowered to 16? Explain your answer.
10. What questions do you have after watching the BTN story?
2. Currently, how old do you have to be to vote?
3. In what year were women given the right to vote?
4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people weren’t allowed to have their say until ___________.
5. Why do some people think the voting age should be lowered to 16?
6. What are the arguments against lowering the voting age?
7. Why are they holding a mock election at Scotch College?
8. The votes will be included in the official election result. True or false?
9. Do you think the voting age should be lowered to 16? Explain your answer.
10. What questions do you have after watching the BTN story?
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As voters around South Australia went to the polls for the 2018 state election, hundreds of 16 and 17 year old's were having their say as well. We told you all about it a few weeks back. But now, the results of this unique experiment are in.
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1. Discuss the BTN story as a class. What points were raised in the discussion?
2. Explain the voting experiment that some students have been involved in recently.
3. What was the aim of the experiment?
4. How old are the students participating in the mock election?
5. Why do some people think that the voting age should be lowered to 16?
6. What was the result of the South Australian election?
7. How did it compare to the youth vote?
8. Young people voted in much bigger numbers for the Greens than adults did. True or false?
9. How has your thinking changed since watching the BTN story?
10. Do you think the voting age should be lowered to 16? Explain your answer.
2. Explain the voting experiment that some students have been involved in recently.
3. What was the aim of the experiment?
4. How old are the students participating in the mock election?
5. Why do some people think that the voting age should be lowered to 16?
6. What was the result of the South Australian election?
7. How did it compare to the youth vote?
8. Young people voted in much bigger numbers for the Greens than adults did. True or false?
9. How has your thinking changed since watching the BTN story?
10. Do you think the voting age should be lowered to 16? Explain your answer.