DPP Legislator Lai Pin-yu, Taiwan’s youngest and former student activist, speaks to Taiwan Talks about the significance of lowering the voting age to 18 in a referendum vote on the Taiwan local election ballot on November 26. Lai explains why the passage of this will bring Taiwan in line with 85% of countries around the world and other democracies. She also touches on the reasons behind the record number of female candidates in this election and where the country is on gender equality in public office.
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