article Takoma Park 16-year-old savors his history making moment at the polls by Annys Shin it talks about the proposal of letting 16 year olds to vote. I believe they shouldn’t be allowed to vote. They shouldn’t be allowed simply because most 16 year olds do not really care about politics‚ nothing motivates them to vote and even 18 year olds have low voter turnouts. The 16 year olds I know do not care about politics that much either. This is a sign that they shouldn’t be allowed to go into the polls
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world would be like if 16 year olds could vote? In some other countries if you register‚ it’s legal for one to vote at the age of 16‚ but why not here? The minimum age to vote in the USA is 18‚ the age originally was 21 years old but the age was reduced in 1971 when Richard Nixon was president. When can one start registering to vote‚ it’s better to register early so by the time you turn 18 or 19 a person is able to start voting. If the world was different and 16 year olds could start voting‚ the
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When the 26th amendment was passed‚ it gave 18-year-olds the right to vote. Today‚ nearly thirty-five years later‚ the question has become "should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote?" Of course the general consensus of youth is for this option‚ yet a surprising amount of adults are supporting the movement as well. In order to understand why lowering the voting age would even be considered‚ it is necessary to examine why the 26th amendment was passed in the first place. The United States was in the throes
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Personally‚ I believe our city should use Electronic voting machines. They are easier to use‚ quicker to use‚ and more exciting while voting. I guarentee if there was electronic voting machines and not ballots the number of votors would increase each year. First of all‚ I believe we should use EMVs because people with disablities would have an easier time voting. They have hand held devices for people who have trouble standing. Disabled pepple are 20 percent less likely to vote‚ due to accessibility issues
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teenage years and isn’t fully mature until age 25. One 16-year-old’s brain might be more developed than another 18-year-old’s‚ just as a younger teen might be taller than an older one. But evidence is mounting that a 16-year-old’s brain is generally far less developed than those of teens just a little older. The research seems to help explain why 16-year-old drivers crash at far higher rates than older teens. The studies have convinced a growing number of safety experts that 16-year-olds are too
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16 year olds are way too young to vote! Most 16 year olds don’t study politics so they wouldn’t know enough about politics. 16 year olds should not be able to vote because they are very immature when it comes to politics‚ most 16 year olds would listen to what their parents say so it would be a biased vote‚ finally many 16 year olds would skip the election because they have many things going on in their lives. 16 year olds are very immature when it comes to politics. “Young adults indeed in many
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IRAM MAZHAR. Social networking. Today I am here to talk about weather 16 years olds should be allowed to use social networking‚ as everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I strongly agree that they shoud be allowed due to many obvious reasons. Even though there are many reasons they should not be allowed. However I think that there is more positivity than negativity‚ but as I had said we all have our own opinion. I’m absolutely certain
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president. Denying them the right to vote denies them a voice in our democracy. Most people around me believe that the voting age should also be lowered‚ and each of them care more about politics than most of the adults we know. If teenagers were able to vote‚ then there wouldn’t be a controversial topic on making not voting illegal. Yes‚ there is talk about making voting a law‚ and those who don’t shall be punished. The reason is because so little American adults vote nowadays‚ and the government wanted
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freedmen should be allowed to vote. The issue was how to receive the four million former slaves as citizens. If they were to be fully counted as citizens‚ some sort of representation for apportionment of seats in Congress had to be determined. Before the war‚ the population of slaves had been counted as three-fifths of a corresponding number of free whites. By having four million freedmen counted as full citizens‚ the South would gain additional seats in Congress. If blacks were denied the vote and the
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Should Felons be Allowed to Vote? About 5.26 million people with a felony conviction are not allowed to vote in elections. Each state has its own laws on disenfranchisement. Nine states in America permanently restrict felons from voting while Vermont and Maine allow felons to vote while in prison. Proponents of felon re-enfranchisement believe felons who have paid their debt to society by completing their sentences should have all of their rights and privileges restored. They argue that efforts
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