Bill to amend Federal Constitution to lower voting age may be tweaked


KUALA LUMPUR: The government is expected to tweak the Bill to amend the Federal Constitution to lower the voting age to 18.

This comes after calls by Opposition lawmakers that they would only support lowering the voting age, if it comes with automatic registration of voters who turn 18.

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