Voting age referendum unnecessary - Taipei Times : vimarsana

A referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at lowering the voting age from 20 to 18 is to be held in conjunction with the local elections on Nov. 26, and voters are keeping a keen eye on the matter.
Some people believe that voters across the political spectrum are obligated to support this historic constitutional moment. However, the argument is reductive in many ways. Even worse, the rushed approach threatens to undermine the serious process of amending the Constitution.
The idea of lowering the voting age reportedly gained support early in the campaign, which the governing Democratic Progressive Party used as

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