[news] Venezuela May Lower Voting Age, Add Gay Rights in Constitution

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- A Venezuelan legislative committee voted to lower the voting age and protect gay rights in a expansion of President Hugo Chavez's plan to rewrite the country's constitution. 

Venezuelans would gain the right to vote at age 16 under the proposed changes, down from the current age of 18, and discrimination based on sexual orientation would be formally outlawed in the constitution, according to a statement on the National Assembly's Web site. 

  


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