On Thursday (23 November), Alex will be one of the first 16-year-olds to ever cast their vote in an election in the British Isles. He lives on the Isle of Man, where the island's home affairs are run by an independent parliament, the Tynwald, and where in February this year the members of the ancient assembly took the historic step of supporting legislation to give the vote to the island's 1,800 16- and 17-year-olds.
This makes the Isle of Man something of a trailblazer: it's one of only six places in the world to allow 16-year-olds to vote in general elections, and the first in western Europe.
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