The voting age should be lowered to 16 --- Sponsored by the Electoral Reform Society

Current version: 09 Jan 2010 | 00:41 | headphoneguy

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Yes, because... If you are able to get your drivers license at the age of 16 then you should be allowed to vote.

 

If you are able to get your drivers license at the age of 16 then you should be allowed to vote. The Government thinks it's ok to let 16 year olds start on getting their license, but they aren't allowed to vote? Plus they are young adults and young adults should be able to have a say in what happens in the political field.

 

The state creates a licensing mechanism to determine whether you are qualified to drive, you do not receive your license automatically. Since the qualities of a decent driver are discernible, and a license can be withheld if they are not met, it is possible to judge an individual capable of driving before their brain has fully developed. also you want a teenager to have a say in what plan of action the president should take on the matter of sending troops into the battlefield and taxes and so on and so forth