Why is 18 years of age required for casting vote?
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In 1890, Law No. 5, 1890, of the South African Republic set a voting age there of 16 years.[1]
Prior to the Second World War of 1939–1945, the voting age in almost all countries was 21 years or higher. In 1946 Czechoslovakia became the first state to reduce the voting age to 20 years, and by 1968 a total of 17 countries had lowered their voting age.[2]Many countries, particularly in Western Europe, reduced their voting ages to 18 years during the 1960s and 1970s, starting with the United Kingdom (1969),[3] with the United States (26th Amendment) (1971), Canada, West Germany (1972), Australia (1974), France (1974), and others following soon afterwards. By the end of the 20th century, 18 had become by far the most common voting age. However, a few countries maintain a voting age of 20 years or higher, and a few countries have a lower voting age of 16 or 17.[4] It was argued that if young men could be drafted to go to war at 18, they should be able to vote at the age of 18.[5]
In the late 20th and early 21st centuries voting ages were lowered to 18 in India, Switzerland, Austria, and Morocco. Japan lowered its voting age from 20 to 18 in June 2016.[6] As of 2007 a dispute continued in the Maldives.[7][8]
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Explanation:
18 years of age required for casting vote as at that period of time an individual man or women is able to take the decisions of what he/she wants in his/her life and mind develops at that period in such a way that we can choose our career paths or many other decisions and moreover puberty also ends at that time and one comes under the category of man/women as (adults) and also by law of 1971 only a person 18 years can vote under a democracy