Audun Lysbakken and Kari Elisabeth Kaski have introduced a constitutional bill to lower the voting age to 16 for Storting elections. The proposers argue that 16-year-olds already possess many rights and responsibilities under law, and should therefore be able to influence legislation through voting. They also contend that the voting age has been lowered repeatedly throughout history, and that several countries have already granted voting rights to 16-year-olds.
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These are the proposals in the document, not decisions. See the votes for the outcome.
§ 12, first paragraph, first clause (Option 1): «The King shall appoint a council from among Norwegian citizens entitled to vote who have reached 18 years of age.»
§ 12, first paragraph, first clause (Option 2): «The Government shall appoint a council from among Norwegian citizens entitled to vote who have reached 18 years of age.»
§ 12, first paragraph, first clause (Option 3): «The President shall appoint a council from among Norwegian citizens entitled to vote who have reached 18 years of age.»
§ 50, first paragraph (Option 1): «Those entitled to vote in Storting elections are Norwegian citizens, male or female, who have reached 16 years of age by the year the election is held.»
§ 50, first paragraph (Option 2): «The right to vote in Storting elections belongs to Norwegian citizens who have reached 16 years of age or will reach 16 in the year the election is held.»
§ 61 (Option 1): «A person eligible for election as representative must be entitled to vote and have reached 18 years of age or will reach 18 in the year the election is held.»
§ 61 (Option 2): «No person may be elected as representative unless they are entitled to vote and have reached 18 years of age or will reach 18 in the year the election is held.»