voting age
Scottish elections: young people more likely to vote if they started at 16
Author / Creator: Jan Eichhorn
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
"[ in 2014] Newly enfranchised young people voted in greater numbers than slightly older peers. Social class differences in voting habits were much less pronounced among 16- and 17-year-olds in Scotland"
Electoral reform consultation
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Consultation paper
Date published: 2022
Possible improvements to electoral law are set out including candidacy, voting, and electoral administration.