Legislator Hung Sun-han (洪申翰) of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party said in a televised forum Saturday that lowering the voting age in Taiwan to 18 is a matter of equity and keeping up with the times, and he urged the electorate to support that proposal, which will be on the ballot in a national referendum later this month.
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