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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

Missouri teens want to lower the voting age to 16 in local and school elections

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Missouri teens want to lower the voting age to 16 in local and school elections

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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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Organizers of Vote16MO said that will allow teens to be more involved in decisions that affect their lives.
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    On top of that, in a couple of years after they start working and driving, we (as a country) start trusting them to enter wars. That’s a whole other can of worms, but if we already say “in a couple of years, these 16-year-olds can join the military,” then why not allow them to vote at 16 versus 18 when it’s only a 2-year difference?

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      Those two years make a HUGE difference in cognitive ability.

      https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/Pages/conditions.aspx.

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      Why not 14? It’s only a two year difference from 16.

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