Aged 18, I’ve already voted in two elections (due to the Welsh government's reforms to voting ages) – and I also have experience from the ‘inside’.
I was elected to the Welsh Youth Parliament in late 2018 and, since my term ended, I’ve been engaged with both the Institute for Community Studies at The Young Foundation, supporting policy change to better equip and engage young people, and The Democracy Box, an organisation dedicated to civic education and getting young people to make informed choices at the polls.
I’ve seen how difficult it can be to convince people to get out and vote. In fact, according to the British Election Study, voter turnout for 18- to 34-year-olds across Britain sits around 50 per cent, compared with around 80 per cent for those aged over 75. If we hope to change this, the last thing we need is the government’s new Voter ID laws.
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