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Aleksi Toiviainen

An aging democracy needs youth voices

  • The most comprehensive studies lowering the voting age have found that 16- and 17-year-olds match adults in their ability to evaluate their voting decisions.
Opinion | BY ALEKSI TOIVIAINEN, ERIKA DE TORRES | February 16, 2026
Appetites for extending voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds are already well established in Canada, write Aleksi Toiviainen and Erika De Torres. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

An aging democracy needs youth voices

Opinion | BY ALEKSI TOIVIAINEN, ERIKA DE TORRES | February 16, 2026
  • The most comprehensive studies lowering the voting age have found that 16- and 17-year-olds match adults in their ability to evaluate their voting decisions.

An aging democracy needs youth voices

Opinion | BY ALEKSI TOIVIAINEN, ERIKA DE TORRES | February 16, 2026
  • The most comprehensive studies lowering the voting age have found that 16- and 17-year-olds match adults in their ability to evaluate their voting decisions.
Appetites for extending voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds are already well established in Canada, write Aleksi Toiviainen and Erika De Torres. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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