agent_loaf
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Lower the voting age
Sam Chapman
Senior citizens are voting at twice the rate of 18-24 year olds. The people who are going to pass away in near generations should not have more votes than anyone. This unfortunitly causes people like president Bush to take office for a full eight years. As A student who listens to opinions of fellow peers i find this situation terrorizing. Our current legal age of 18 is begging to be lowerd to 18 for these reasons.
The voting age limit currently allows anyone 18 and up to cast votes. However, if a 17-year-old can be jailed as an adult, taxed as adult, work as an adult, basicly seen in the eyes of the law as an adult, why cant they vote?
Measures are passed each year in this state alone that have a tremendous effect on the lives of its teenage residents, but they have no say in the decisons made. 17 would be the best age because around this time politics tend to shine brighter as teens are constently looking for a way to make their everyday lives better, wether it be fighting the school administration for your own personal opinons, or buying a new car. Around the same time many high schools are teaching citizenship to their students. Incorperating the importance of the intire political voting process in this type of class would create a positive impact on our future vote counts.
Giving the power to vote to 17 year olds would give them a chance to accualy vote in high school which would inturn make our chances of voting in the future much better. It seems when elections roll around the hot comodity is to talk about how low the young adult vote count is. Learning about the whole election process at a younger age will create smart voters. Establishing the habit of voting in 17 year-olds will give our country an broader sense of politics for the furture generations of voters to come. I can easily see how some people might not want to lower the voting age because 17 just isnt old enough in there opinion. Some might say maturity has not yet conquerd the world of all 17 year-olds. For these people, i have a solution.
Create a short genral test of knowledge to see if the voter can accualy define terms that are essential to know for the voting process. Questions could range from the definitions of Democrates and Republicans, to how many years are in one term of presidency. By passing this type f test, not only will a 17 year old voter be smarter than many voter much older then them, but it will have proven that 17 year olds are capible of deciding who they would like running the country they live in and call home.
Sam Chapman
Senior citizens are voting at twice the rate of 18-24 year olds. The people who are going to pass away in near generations should not have more votes than anyone. This unfortunitly causes people like president Bush to take office for a full eight years. As A student who listens to opinions of fellow peers i find this situation terrorizing. Our current legal age of 18 is begging to be lowerd to 18 for these reasons.
The voting age limit currently allows anyone 18 and up to cast votes. However, if a 17-year-old can be jailed as an adult, taxed as adult, work as an adult, basicly seen in the eyes of the law as an adult, why cant they vote?
Measures are passed each year in this state alone that have a tremendous effect on the lives of its teenage residents, but they have no say in the decisons made. 17 would be the best age because around this time politics tend to shine brighter as teens are constently looking for a way to make their everyday lives better, wether it be fighting the school administration for your own personal opinons, or buying a new car. Around the same time many high schools are teaching citizenship to their students. Incorperating the importance of the intire political voting process in this type of class would create a positive impact on our future vote counts.
Giving the power to vote to 17 year olds would give them a chance to accualy vote in high school which would inturn make our chances of voting in the future much better. It seems when elections roll around the hot comodity is to talk about how low the young adult vote count is. Learning about the whole election process at a younger age will create smart voters. Establishing the habit of voting in 17 year-olds will give our country an broader sense of politics for the furture generations of voters to come. I can easily see how some people might not want to lower the voting age because 17 just isnt old enough in there opinion. Some might say maturity has not yet conquerd the world of all 17 year-olds. For these people, i have a solution.
Create a short genral test of knowledge to see if the voter can accualy define terms that are essential to know for the voting process. Questions could range from the definitions of Democrates and Republicans, to how many years are in one term of presidency. By passing this type f test, not only will a 17 year old voter be smarter than many voter much older then them, but it will have proven that 17 year olds are capible of deciding who they would like running the country they live in and call home.
