Can the voting age ever be changed again?

[preethy]

would the legal voting age ever be able to get changed to something like 16 or even 17.

[niraj]

I hope not.

[albinjoseph]

Better not.

[cherry]

I think the voting age right now is appropriate. 16 or 17 may be too early to be a voter.

[sidetalkz]

At the age of 16 or 17 they are not even in a college. How can we think they are matured enough to vote

[positionresearch]

Voting at 18 is appropriate for the general population as it is usually associated with the age of adulthood. With that being said though, it seems strange that an emancipated, 17 year old, HS dropout who works full time to support his child shouldn't be able to vote. I mean he is an active member and contributor to the US economy. But then again there are exceptions to everything. Now the drinking age--that should probably be lowered.

[sidetalkz]

(11-06-2008 11:52 PM)positionresearch Wrote:  Now the drinking age--that should probably be lowered.

Thats good.

[John-Diamond]

I don't think it should be changed. Believe it or not, in Canada they are seriously thinking about changing it to 16 years old. I think that's way too young. What do you think?

[albinjoseph]

(11-14-2008 05:34 PM)John-Diamond Wrote:  I don't think it should be changed. Believe it or not, in Canada they are seriously thinking about changing it to 16 years old. I think that's way too young. What do you think?

True. 16 years will be too early for vote.

[John-Diamond]

(11-14-2008 05:38 PM)albinjoseph Wrote:  

(11-14-2008 05:34 PM)John-Diamond Wrote:  I don't think it should be changed. Believe it or not, in Canada they are seriously thinking about changing it to 16 years old. I think that's way too young. What do you think?

True. 16 years will be too early for vote.

Yes totally... The conservatives want to change everything! By the way, they also changed the age of consent... I think that was a positive change though