The UK will lower its voting age to 16. Could the U.S. follow suit?
- Posted on July 17, 2025
- By NPR
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The UK will lower its voting age to 16. Could the U.S. follow suit?

The British government aims to make all 16- and 17-year-olds eligible to vote starting in the next U.K. general election. Some voting age limits are changing in the U.S., but only at the local level.