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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 10/16/03
    Alex from IA said:
    In my opinion, minor aren't given the right to vote for two reasons. 1) Most minors won't know the whole story behind a topic and will rely on their parents. In essence they will vote for who or what their parents tell them to. This would drastically change voting as we know it today, effectively eliminating any fairness of our voting system. 2) While minors close to the voting age will argue that they are already mature enough to vote they must realize something. The government has not the resources to take into account the maturity of the individual. Therefore the government sets these
    On 10/09/03
    kim from MI said:
    kids should be able to vote because they work and they deal with gas prices and they live in this country so bo ya they should be able to wote all the way KIDS VOTING ROCKS
    On 10/06/03
    megan from AZ said:
    i agree what you said may i use your comment to use for my debate on "minors should have rights"?
    On 10/02/03
    Stephanie from FL said:
    I agree with the fact that we are mature enough to vote. We are old enough to take on most of adult responsibilities we should be aloud to vote. Even with 16 year olds voting, the electral college makes the majority. So in that case they should hear more votes making their decisions more accurate. I also agree with the other teens stating the fact that we pay the taxes as any of the 18 year old voters so we should have a say in what the governmaent plans for us.
    On 09/28/03
    corey from NJ said:
    I have a job...and therefore pay taxes. I take many politcal classes in my school. I am doing a paper right now on kids being taxed yet denied the right to vote-taxation without representation. Why should a 70 year old who can hardly see the ballot (florida in 2000 election) have the right to vote over me?
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