Lowering the Voting Age Do you wish that we would get a teen’s input on world events sometimes? What about getting them to vote? It’s their world too‚ shouldn’t they get to show what they want for our country? I mean they are still getting educated at school about world events. I believe that they should lower the voting age to 13. First of all‚ most of the teens in school are mature enough to truthfully vote who should be president. Evidence shows that when you vote at a younger age you are
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Voting Essay Can you imagine walking into the scheduled spot chosen in your riding for voting‚ to find a group of young teenagers just hanging around talking and laughing amongst themselves? Wouldn’t you be thinking‚ what do those kids know about voting? Look at them just mingling about with each other! This election could determine my lifestyle in the future! For this reason and others‚ I believe the voting age should be left at 18‚ if not raised a year or two. Is it not true that
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Felon Voting faces a serious problem that needs to be solved: When felons are released from prison‚ many of them want to start a new life. However‚ this is difficult when they’ve lost simple rights such as voting. I believe felons should be allowed to vote once they’ve served their time. Studies show that felon voting contributes to lower crime rate. Studies also show that racial discrimination is a leading cause of felony disenfranchisement. According to Democracy’s Ghost – a show that focuses
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The Importance of Voting & Close Election Facts Summary: The author’s opinions about why voting in elections is important with some examples of the most-famous examples of close elections in U.S. history. Why is it important to participate in the democratic process by voting? That’s an interesting question with several different ways in which to answer it. Voting is the foremost way to exhibit good citizenship and civil responsibility. First‚ voting in free elections is a right that should
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Persuasive Essay – Why the Voting Age Should Be 21 My persuasive essay topic is why the voting age should be raised to 25 instead of 18. Some people think it should be lowered. Some think the current age is fine. Some people think it should be raised to 21‚ which I agree with. Here’s some reasons I think this should be. The first reason I think that the voting age should be raised to the age 21 is because 18 year olds have very little real life experience. When a person is 21 years of age‚ they
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In most elections there is a greater amount of non-voters than voters. People who don’t vote are often apathetic‚ too lazy‚ thoughtless‚ or they belong to a religious organization or other organization that tells them or brainwashes them into not voting. The Apathetic Non-voter People who are apathetic feel that there is no reason to vote. The country is
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that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States". Throughout America’s history‚ there were changes to the Constitution when amendments were added to redetermine the limits of voting rights. Each change was made to increase certain rights and decrease inequality‚ whether it was about race‚ color‚ gender‚ and age. Therefore‚ after the civil
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Voting vs. Not Voting Everyday individuals complain about how society is getting worse and blame everybody else for America’s downfall. Most of the things that people complain about are issues that can be easily solved because they can gain control over the situation‚ yet they sit back and do nothing to help. However the issue with this is that people are not obligated to vote‚ therefore they cannot do something they do not want to do. It attacks their rights’ but they also have the right to vote
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that we have multiple freedoms. With freedom comes high responsibility‚ one being voting. Voting is not just about deciding the president‚ senate‚ or governor‚ it is about choosing a person you believe will best represent your state‚ county‚ country and ultimately yourself the best. In voting for a governmental representative‚ you need to realize the fundamentals of the government and how those might affect your voting. In knowing what the government fundamentals are‚ this prepares you for when you
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bill before voting on whether or not to send the bill back to the house floor. Once the committee has approved the bill and it’s send or reported
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