Voting age should increase from 18 to 21 Statement of intent: I am writing this to inform readers about why the voting age should increase to twenty one from eighteen which it is currently in New Zealand. Eighteen year olds don’t have the knowledge needed and I want readers to understand that an eighteen year old isn’t experienced enough to be able to make informed decisions about who should run our country. Are you under twenty one and reading this? I highly doubt it. This is because the
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Tiffany Gallt Ms. Wing English 12 15 December 2012 Voting Age: Should it be reduced? The very idea of America is freedom and opportunity for everybody. Amongst these is the most valued legal right within a democracy: the right to vote. However‚ an unfortunate reality is that the majority of the people ages 16-17 cannot ("Age and Sex Composition in the United States: 2011"). With the ever falling number of participants in political votes due to the event of the generation of the baby boomers dying
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VOTING AGE Some people think that the voting age should be lowered from 18 to 16‚ I think it should not be lowered. Lowering the voting age isn’t a 100% problem solve idea. For instance most of the younger population do not bother to take part in political process‚" In 2012‚ 62% of the youngest voters showed disinterest in the political process by not voting".(paragraph#4). If already 62% of 18 years or older voters do not vote what makes the younger than 18 year old voters want to vote?.
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So theres a debate about rather the voting age should be lowered to 16 or stay at 18‚ in my opinion it should stay at 18. Lowering the voting age would cause problems because younger voters would probaly be voting without a purpose. Voting is something very importart and should not be done just for fun. When I was 16 I didn’t take voting to serious. I really didn’t understand what it was about or what I was voting for. If I had legal rights to vote at 16 I would have probaly just did it for fun
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Analysis ’ of Articles on the Subject of Lowering the Voting Age to 16 A debate that has seemed to become more popular in the past couple of years is the voting age n the United States‚ and whether it should be lowered to 16. Many teenagers across the nation have reached out and tried to bigot to help get the subject some attention and get those in the political world talking. Many others‚ mostly adults‚ are astonished and appalled at this idea‚ and don ’t seem to take them or the uproar towards
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Lowering voting age in US Institution Affiliation Date: Over the years‚ there has been argument and debate on whether it is good to lower the voting age in the United States. Some of the Americans have been supporting the issue while others toughly stand against it. Historically‚ the voting age deliberation was also evident when it was lowered to eighteen years in ratification made by Congress in 1971. The voting age was by then at 21 years but by the 26th Amendment of the United States constitution
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In my opinion I think the voting age should be lowered to age 16. The first example of why I think the voting age should be lowered to age 16 is because youths can be tried for crimes as adults and they can fight and die for their country like adults but yet they are still not allowed to vote. I think it’s highly unfair if you treat teenagers who are 16 years old like adults on some issues but not all is issues. If you treat 16 year olds like adults on one issue‚ why not all other issues. It is
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.16 yr olds would mess up the country. If the voting age changed‚ people who wouldn’t be in power will probably will make it to power. The voting age of 18 should not be changed to 16. People at age 16 have no political interest most of the time. They wouldn’t vote anyway due to the lackof knowledge. The percentage of voters then will decrease even more due to a larger voting population‚ but the same amount of voters. This means voting will not change‚ so there is no point of changing it. Another
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Should the voting age in UK be changed to 16? Countries such as Austria have implemented this change already. It is natural for changes to take place as they are a sign of progress‚ however some are dedicated to the opinion‚ that allowing young members of society to vote might destabilize the country‚ as young politically unaware people might be easily persuaded and their opinion swayed‚ that they are not motivated to conduct a research in order to have a good understanding and knowledge of their
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Age has been a requirement for voting since the inception of democracy. The 28th amendment lowered the age from 21 to 18 in 1971‚ and this improved the voice of this demographic in all elections. The balancing act of the rights of the citizen versus the responsibility of the citizens sometimes faces question of definition. For a democracy to function many things need to work in a cohesive manner and representation of the younger population segments is an important aspect‚ and allowing voting rights
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