{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Cardiffian","provider_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian","author_name":"Ioan Phillips","author_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/phillips-i\/","title":"Senedd give council votes to 16-year-olds - The Cardiffian","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0j1aG11ALl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/senedd-give-vote-16-year-olds\/\">Senedd give council votes to 16-year-olds<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/senedd-give-vote-16-year-olds\/embed\/#?secret=0j1aG11ALl\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Senedd give council votes to 16-year-olds&#8221; &#8212; The Cardiffian\" data-secret=\"0j1aG11ALl\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/Senedd.png","thumbnail_width":620,"thumbnail_height":412,"description":"PEOPLE aged 16 are to be given the vote under Welsh Government plans to modernise elections, in plans announced today in the Senedd. This change would only initially apply to council elections, the first being in 2022. There are no formal proposals, however, for extending this to the Senedd elections due in 2021. The 2017 Wales Act allows the Senedd to lower the voting age for all Wales-specific elections. In Scotland, the voting age was reduced to 16\u00a0after record youth [&hellip;]"}