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Should we franchise the right to vote to sixteen year old?

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Extend to franchise.
Leave things as they are.
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The argument for it is that they will be twenty one by the time the governments term is finished, and the future belongs to them.

If the right to vote is given to octogenarians whose time is nearly past, so should those who hold the future.

This may encourage people to vote throughout their lives. OK, they may make some wrong decisions, lack maturity, but then again di t we all.
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Luciebelle · F
Why is someone not responsible enough to smoke or get married (any more) at 16, but would be responsible enough to vote?
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@Luciebelle They can have children and sex at sixteen. Live in a world where global warming matters.
They are no less mature than old people in a nursing home, who can only look to the past.
Luciebelle · F
@SW-User Yeah I agree, but plenty of things requiring maturity you can't do at 16...how does getting married require more maturity?
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@SW-User climate change is a religion.