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    more concerned with increasing Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Drake performances or with casual matters like getting your parents to buy you an iPhone, Canadian Goose jackets, and Lululemon pants. A minimum voting age should be rejected because its view on competency raises irrational controversy among the voting population. People at 16 have difficulty with understanding complex long-term consequences over short term and so they should not be allowed to vote. 16-year old are too immature to think about the

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    Voting Age Debate I personally think the voting age should remain the same. No change is needed. If we decided to lower it, teenagers wouldnt make the greatest of decisions or choices. It would cause alot of political conflict, Because teens just don't think alot before they make dicisions. They dont have very experienced outlooks on life let alone politics and law dicisions. Prompt one speaks of statistics of teens to young adults 18-21

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    life is in the hands of an unreliable government. Someone who you don't trust. But there is nothing you can do. They were elected by other people, after all. Good morning 6A. voting is very important and we can’t risk the leadership of our country. We can’t give our fates for the next several years to 13 year olds. The voting age should stay as it is because children may not take it seriously enough, most don’t know enough about politics, and in the end their votes won’t make much of a difference.

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    Lowering Voting Age Although, some believe the age of 18 should be the minimum voting age, I would have to argue that the voting age should be lowered. I beleive the percentage of participation would increase during electons, if voting age is lowered. Our younger generation generates valuable opinions about presidental elections and should be alowed to vote at the age of 16. The United States would greatly benefit from lowering the voting age. Lowering the voting age would definitely

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    concerned with the current voting age of 18 years old. In the United States 18 years of age is considered an adult, as they can vote, join the army, and make many decisions by themselves without the consent from a parent. The voting age has been constant for a good deal of time. In Leave the Voting Age Alone Jenny Cheng states that, “The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, establishes 18 as the minimum voting age for both state and federal elections.” Even though this age has remained constant and

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    The Voting Age Should be Lowered to 16 Lowering the voting age in the United States is a constant, ever growing, immensely debatable issue which will continue to divide the US for years to come. Until change is present, American elections won’t have the complete opinion of the population. The main counterargument to this idea is that teens aren’t properly informed about this particular topic, however, there are many intelligent teens who are very capable of making educated decisions. Many teenagers

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    the topic of Lowering the Voting Age to 16 years old is a distraction to what voting is really about. We, as Americans, are voting for someone to protect our country. The percentage of votes matter, the majority of votes are made by older voters, close to 70%, whom are experienced and interested in the elections. I do not see many 16 year olds interested in an election, nevermind the disinterest with school for the majority of the teens. Furthermore, when voting in an election the voter

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    important decisions such as voting. Most countries around the world have established a voting age. Voting is a topic of heated debate in the United States due to difference of opinions between the democrat and republican parties. In the United States the voting age has been reduced from twenty-one years old to eighteen years old. Even though the voting age was reduced, some people have been lobbying in order to reduce the voting age to sixteen. Reducing the legal age for voting is a bad idea, because

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    elections in youth, ages 18 to 25. The first solution is to pass House Bill 16-148 in Colorado which will require high school students to pass the civics portion of the federal citizenship test to graduate high school. The second solution is to lower the voting age to 16 years old. The third solution is to create a youth congress that deals with social issues that relate to the youth. The policy that our group decided would best increase participation in politics and elections in people ages 18 to 25 would

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    here's no doubt that voting is a serious responsibility granted to all Canadians. Some Canadians practise this privilege as well as right, while others take it for granted. Since the 1970's, voting turnouts has been decreasing dramatically reaching 55% in the 2000's. Eventually, less than half the population will be voting which is not good for a developed democratic country. Therefore, I strongly believe that the government should lower the voting age to sixteen-year-olds instead of eighteen-year-olds

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