Reply #72: hmmm, I am going to pass on the idea of letting sixteen year olds vote.

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The voting age now coincides with being a legal adult and being able to enter (although sixteen year olds can enter some, i.e employment) contracts, enter military service, right to marry without consent. I assuming (i know what they say about assuming) that when you are 18 and voting you have more at stake.

It is assumed that parents are making decisions that would be best not only for them but also for their children. I think if a 16 year old really wants to get in on the process they should try and exert influence over their parents by letting them know that when they walk into that booth they are voting on their behalf as well.

During the course of this election there were many people that weren't old enough to vote that offered significant amounts of help. One 15 year old has mapped his future. He plans on finishing high school, going to college, majoring in political science and then running for a local office. I assume from there he will go on to bigger things.

The one exception to what I have written abpve is if that 16 year old has been emancipated.

Also, if you lower the voting age to sixteen then why not lower it to 14 or 13.

As for raising the voting age...I am gonna pass on that as well.