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27th amendment?
October 20, 2001 - 06:43 AM
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what should the legal voting age be? in the u.s., should the law be changed to allow young people under 18 to vote? can 12, 14, 16 year olds be as responsible as 18?
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No, I don't think so...
October 20, 2001 - 07:55 AM
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Even though the youth of today is empowered, opinionated, and exceptionally mature, I think there are many individuals within our population who think its funny when they abuse the power they are provided with, and those who simply do not care what goes on around them. I do not think, in generality, that today's youth can be trusted with the responsibility of voting...but that is simply my opinion.
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no
October 21, 2001 - 02:41 AM
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I've got friends who are 18 i wouldnt trust to vote...
JARRA DIDNT REGISTER TO VOTE IN OUR ELECTIONS! KILL! KILL!
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ahem!
October 21, 2001 - 04:37 AM
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well well.
whats the difference (besides the social thing, thats not the point) between a 18 year old who doesnt care and a 90 year old who doesnt care?
the point is. there are always people who dont care. thats just the way things are - not everyone stays young forever, not everyone can be an optimist. and in todays world, youre lucky to have even a little bit of optimism left.
i dont think 12 year olds have even the slightest grasping on the world around them. but then, some 18 year olds dont either.
this is where utopia-ism comes in. but thats another story.
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:-(
October 21, 2001 - 09:38 AM
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intersting replies ... so far
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Re: 27th amendment?
March 8, 2004 - 05:29 AM
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Yo, I was pretty aware of what was going on around me when I was twelve. I'm fourteen now and very angry that I can't vote. A lot of kids my age are keeping up with politics and are probably more aware of what's going on then a nice chunk of the voting age people in this country. I don't think we should have a voting age at all. If you're interested in politics and want to make a difference, you should be able to vote. Little kids probably won't care, so they wouldn't bother to vote. Older kids who do care would get registered and make their voices heard. If people are worried about how kids would vote maybe they should give adults a voting competence test. How many of them just vote for candidates that are in the same political affiliation that they are without bothering to find out anyone's views? If a kid is going to bother to fill out a form and then go to the polls, then he or she probably cares what's going on.
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Re: 27th amendment?
March 12, 2004 - 02:12 AM
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In the United States, the State of California is proposing a new law that would engage 14-17 in voting. See http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0312/p01s03-uspo.html for more details.
It sounds like the proposal would value that age group's votes at slightly less than the standard 1 person = 1 vote.
You can see the text of the proposed bill at http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/servlet/gov.ca.senate.democrats.pub.members.memDisplayBillDetail?district=sd13&bill_number=sca_19&sess=CUR&house=B&site=
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Re: 27th amendment?
March 14, 2004 - 10:27 AM
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I've heard about it. As much as I want to vote, this still has me angry. Why would my vote count for one quarter of an adults? Are they suggesting that teenagers are to dumb to vote responsibly, and then only deserve a fraction of a vote? But then a lot of adults would require vote value reduction as well. Are they worried that if younger teens could vote, organizations like punkvoter, who mainly have young people involved, would become more powerful and would have a bigger impact?
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