Summary Response The article “ Kids are kids until they commit crimes ” by Marjie Lundstrom talks about how the under-eighteen crowds are considered kids .Yet when they commit a crime or start acting inadequately they start considering them as adults and they start receiving the consequences an adult would have . Many people do not consider this fair .That is why Ron Wilson ,Democratic State Rep. of Houston suggested to lowering the voting age to fourteen . He also said that “if you want to throw the adult book at kids”(paragraph 8) and give them the consequences of an adult then they can be able to vote too and do things an adult does. This article also talks about how people have created an image that teenagers are something to…
to the war at 18, it was only fair to let them vote. The 26th amendment is an example of how…
Hensher states that usually only communist countries such as North Korea and the former Soviet Union lower the voting age due to no democratic control. Many times throughout the article, Hensher states that 16 year olds are usually too irresponsible. Hensher also states since they want to lower it to 16 why even have a minimum voting age. Hensher’s article is a useful source. Hensher’s article is different due to some of the points he stated such as, if 16 year olds will be able to vote why even have a minimum age? Hensher’s information is reliable though it is…
In 1971 the united states ratified the 26th amendment to the constitution granting to vote at the age of 18 20 years old.The 26th amendment was the fastest to be ratified in U.S history.i think it should be lowered to 13 because 13 year olds should have a say.At 13 your a teenager so you…
The latest expansion to suffrage came with the adoption of the 26th Amendment in 1971. It provides that no State can set the minimum age for voting at more than 18 years of age. So, those 18 years of age or older now have the right to vote. Before the added amendment to our Constitution, the accepted voting age among the States was 21. Only four states had a lower voting age before the 26th Amendment.…
Elections were changed forever when the youth received the right to vote from the passing of the new amendment to the Constitution. On July 1, 1971 the Twenty-sixth amendment was passed and children at the young age of eighteen were forever given the right to vote in elections. The twenty-sixth amendment affect youth in a positive way because it allowed their voices to be heard.…
In 1971, the voting age was lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. To avoid the confusion that would result from having two voting ages, the states started to enact new laws that enabled 18-year-olds to vote in state and local elections.…
1. Twenty-sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – Lowers the voting age to 18. If students can be sent to war they should be treated like adults.…
When the 26th amendment was passed, it gave 18-year-olds the right to vote. Today, nearly thirty-five years later, the question has become "should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote?" Of course the general consensus of youth is for this option, yet a surprising amount of adults are supporting the movement as well. In order to understand why lowering the voting age would even be considered, it is necessary to examine why the 26th amendment was passed in the first place. The United States was in the throes of the Vietnam War and protests were underway throughout the nation. Draftees into the armed services were any male over the age of 18. These young men were allowed, even forced, to fight and die for their country, but they were unable to vote. The Congress attempted to right this wrong in 1970 by passing an extension to the 1965 Voting Rights Act that gave the vote to all persons 18 or older, in all elections, on all levels. The supporters of lowering the voting age to 16 are of course "piggy-backing" off of the basis for the 26th amendment. One supporter, Margot Adler, makes the comparison between fighting at age 18 to driving and other responsibilities given at 16, "16 year-olds can drive in most states; if they commit serious crimes, they are tried as adults. If they can be punished as adults, why don't they have the rights of adults? Despite the close vote in the recent presidential election, it appears that only about half the potential voters (51 percent) exercised their right to vote. That figure is only marginally better than it was a few years ago. According to official Census Bureau and Federal Election Commission figures, only 49 percent of those of voting age participated in the presidential election in 1996. This follows the trend of a steady decline in voting during the 20th Century, which began with a 75 percent turnout in the 1902 presidential election. American voting habits are particularly striking when compared with those of other democratic…
Before this topic can be argued, a timeline of sorts is needed to explain everything. It starts off with Congress decided to lower the age in which someone could vote from twenty-one to eighteen,…
In the article Takoma Park 16-year-old savors his history making moment at the polls by Annys Shin it talks about the proposal of letting 16 year olds to vote. I believe they shouldn't be allowed to vote. They shouldn't be allowed simply because most 16 year olds do not really care about politics, nothing motivates them to vote and even 18 year olds have low voter turnouts. The 16 year olds I know do not care about politics that much either.…
Section one of the 26th Amendment simply states “The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.” The second section gave Congress the power to enforce the amendment.(Reuters)…
Certain powers given to the American people like the power to vote given to the teenagers at the age of 18 can discredit the American dream. Voting can affect the American dream because electing the wrong candidates would have many consequential problems. For example, a candidate who believes that more funding for other fields than in education is the necessary adjustment then it can lead to less people having a college education and progressing towards being successful. The American dream primary objectives are success and happiness, if success is believed to be directly related to happiness, then people not being successful can deprive their American dream. Voting has been a concern before; in 1971 when the 26th amendment was ratified in which the voting age was decreased from 21 to 18 because it was said that if old enough to go to war, then they are old enough to vote. The Independent magazine asserts that…
There are many arguments on why the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18. To some lowering the drinking age to 18 makes sense to them and to others it doesn’t make sense, which is true. Most people believe that if you are old enough to vote and enlist in the Army or the Navy then you are old enough to drink which is wrong. Not only does lowering the legal drinking age put the drinker at harm but also the people around them. There are some many reasons why the legal drinking age should not be lowered never the less three valid and proven reasons why the legal drinking age should not be lowered is, the effect on the brain, the safety of the drinker and the people around them and a number of deaths will increase.…
In the United States today a person who reaches the age of 18 is legally given the right to vote. There are some Americans who believe that this is too young of an age for voters. These people argue that the voter age should be raised to 21. In doing so the response to this change will give young adults more time to mature and make reasonable decisions for who they want as leaders in the political world. Although, it might help a little with maturity there are still more questions about raising the voter age that have gone unanswered.…