Should Senior Citizens Be Allowed To Vote Analysis
The Younger Citizens in the Country
The current voting age is 18 years old. But the real question is should the age be lowered. In the city of Takoma Park they have lowered the age to 16 years old. Many of the voting members agree with this change with a couple that aren’t too pleased with the idea. I am for the idea of changing the age in many other states to 16.
Although a few council members don't agree with the idea of changing the age, there are also a couple of other things that will be added. For example, Annys Shin, The Washington Post Journalist states in the article “Takoma Park 16-year-old Citizens Be Allowed to Vote?”, “Other changes included same-day registration, allowing paroles felons to vote…” Not only will the change of age happen, but there are other changes to make things easier for many other voters to …show more content…
Schultz doesn't have an actual reason, it just seems “lame” to him to have more voices and opinions in the community and not just the same views. Annys states that “the 16- and 17-year-olds most likely to vote are from politically active home.” Many 16 and 17-year-olds might not be part of a politically active family to be very interested in voting because according to the stats in Annys article, 350 of the 16- and 17-year-olds, 90 are only registered to vote. To hopefully change the numbers, the city of Takoma Park can be able to have some time of classes or in their government class to show the benefits of voting and that their voices should be heard. For example, in my government class we learned about what voting is and what many people had to do to fight for our rights and for many of us to be able to vote, because of that many of my classmates are already registered to vote for next year's election. Not only is it good to know what is going in the world but is important to have our part in the choices
The current voting age is 18 years old. But the real question is should the age be lowered. In the city of Takoma Park they have lowered the age to 16 years old. Many of the voting members agree with this change with a couple that aren’t too pleased with the idea. I am for the idea of changing the age in many other states to 16.
Although a few council members don't agree with the idea of changing the age, there are also a couple of other things that will be added. For example, Annys Shin, The Washington Post Journalist states in the article “Takoma Park 16-year-old Citizens Be Allowed to Vote?”, “Other changes included same-day registration, allowing paroles felons to vote…” Not only will the change of age happen, but there are other changes to make things easier for many other voters to …show more content…
Schultz doesn't have an actual reason, it just seems “lame” to him to have more voices and opinions in the community and not just the same views. Annys states that “the 16- and 17-year-olds most likely to vote are from politically active home.” Many 16 and 17-year-olds might not be part of a politically active family to be very interested in voting because according to the stats in Annys article, 350 of the 16- and 17-year-olds, 90 are only registered to vote. To hopefully change the numbers, the city of Takoma Park can be able to have some time of classes or in their government class to show the benefits of voting and that their voices should be heard. For example, in my government class we learned about what voting is and what many people had to do to fight for our rights and for many of us to be able to vote, because of that many of my classmates are already registered to vote for next year's election. Not only is it good to know what is going in the world but is important to have our part in the choices