CANADA: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge on Voting Age

OTTAWA (The Globe & Mail), January 6, 2005: The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge by two teenagers who wanted to see the voting age lowered in Alberta. As is custom, Canada's top court gave no reasons for its decision Thursday. Eryn Fitzgerald and Christine Jairamsingh started their legal battle to let young people vote before the 2001 civic election in Edmonton when they were still in high school.