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Teens Voting In The United States
17 year olds voting can go both ways. Most teenagers around the United States don't have the correct, political information to vote. Not knowing what the candidate wants to pursue or is willing to put into action, makes it useless and inefficient for students to take the time to vote. These teenagers may believe they know who the candidates are, but that is only because they are getting fed into the everyday, attention grabbing news. Though this controversy can sway both ways. If an adolescent executes thorough research on city/ presidential races, they have every right to place a ballot. If this proposition were to go through, about 17 year olds voting, a course or class on candidate races information, and school boards, could give teenagers

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