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Speak Up! - View Question #302 |
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Question: Why aren't minors allowed to vote?
Answer: The United States Constitution addresses the age issue of voting in Amendment XXVI (26th) section 1,
'The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.'
Minors can't vote because our Constitution, which is the higest law in the Nation, says they can't. As you can read in the 26th Amendment above, only adults age 18 and older may vote.
Before the 26th Amendment was passed in 1971, people could not vote until they were 21 years old. For more on American Voting rights, see Amendments 12, 14, 15 and 19.
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On 08/26/03
Kevin from IA said:
I think that kids should be able to vote. Most kids 6th grade and above are smart and mature enough to make an educated decision on who they want to be president, governor, etc. I also think kids should be given the right to freedom of speech.
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On 08/07/03
Rachael from Othe said:
People under 18 should'nt vote because some kids dont understand the
government and can not make the right chocies.Besides why would kids want to vote any way?
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On 08/07/03
Cher from Othe said:
Hello I want to know why cant under 18 vote well this is a good site for this but i think you need a lot more information
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On 07/31/03
Whit from VA said:
While I agree with ceratin points, like the fact that the criteria should be based more on knowledge of voting and responsibility, that's not a terribly practical solution. Responsibility is not a hard, tangible fact, but only comparitive. There are certain things one could do to measure it, but it is a little too difficult to work properly. I definitely agree that votes should have knowledge for what and whom they are voting, but other laws, like the Literacy Test, have been used to keep minorites from being able to vote.
Of course, my biggest problem is the fact that minors are taxed, but
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On 05/11/03
Ian from OH said:
If you know your constitutional law, then minors have the same right to vote that other citizen does. If you take the 14th amenedment, it defines what citizens are. The 15th, 19th, and 26th enumerate citizens' right to vote and the all-important, but oft-neglected, 9th amendment shows that simply beacuse (in this case) 18+ year olds may not have their right to vote abridged, does not mean that those under 18 may have said right abridged.
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