When the microphone reached her in the public gallery, she made her point clearly and concisely. "I know plenty of young people who are more than capable of voting and plenty of adults who are incapable of voting," she said. Kayla went on to reinforce her view that young people who want to have a say in the forthcoming referendum should be allowed to do so.
It seemed that the majority of the council agreed with her. Following the usual show of hands, 35 councillors expressed support for the motion to lower the voting age, with seven against and 12 abstaining.
It certainly was one of the more interesting and engaging council debates I have sat through, with councillors speaking passionately about the need for democracy to be, as one put it, "fully inclusive".
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