In 1971 the U.S. Congress ratified the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which prohibited states from allowing anyone under the age of 18 to vote. Before the amendment was passed the minimum voting age was 21 years of age. Support to lower the age of 18 was driven in part by the draft of the Vietnam War which conscripted young men between the ages of 18 and 21 to join the armed forces. In 2021 U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) reintroduced legislation in the House of Representatives to lower the voting age in America to 16 years old. In order to pass the legislation would have to be ratified as a Constitutional Amendment.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
No, and voters should be required to pass a basic test demonstrating their understanding of politics in order to vote
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
Yes, any citizen that pays taxes should be allowed to vote
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
No, it should be raised
@96GLZPQ8mos
Yes,it should be lowered to 15 years of age and voters should be required to pass a basic test demonstrating their understanding of politics in order to vote.
@95CJ5F59mos
Yes,it should be lowered to 15 and voters should be required to pass a basic test demonstrating their understanding of politics in order to vote.
No it should stay as it is.
Yes, but the youth must imperatively have a political socialization through the school before obtaining this right
@982J9CR6mos
No but it should be capped at 65
@97W4BRK7mos
Yes, it should be lowered to 15 years of age and voters should be required to pass a basic test demonstrating their understanding of politics in order to vote.
@973HS987mos
Yes, it should be lower to 15 years old
@96ZWGMM7mos
Yes it should be lowered to 15 years of age and voters should be required to pass a basic test demonstrating their understanding of politics in order to vote.
Yes, and resources to understand politics and elections should be given
No, and it should be raised to 25
@979LZZ6 3mos
So much for "no taxation without representation", eh? What kind of Libertarian are you..?
Only male property owners should have the right to vote.
@979LZZ6 4mos
@9C8Q4785hrs
Yes, and increase education about politics in schools to ensure that voters make more educated decisions.
@9C8DRD31 day
Yes, remove all age requirements and create a voting test instead
@9C8458K2 days
Yes, but anyone under 18 should take a basic test demonstrating their understanding of politics
@7VRK7Z4Independent3 days
No, but do not tax citizens under 18 years of age
@9C5P9GV1wk
no, it would violate the Constitution.
@9C56L9X1wk
No voting without federal service
@9C54P961wk
No, but do not tax non-voting citizens
@9C4YMTB1wk
No, since the voting age is already being abused by politicians by promising their younger voters with things like free college, student loan forgiveness etc. As a matter of fact it should be raised to 22
@9C4SFZN1wk
Yes, and lower the voting age to 14.
@9C4KTGF1wk
No, however I believe that certain political education programs should be offered to demographics and regions where formal education is lacking.
@9C4K69G1wk
Yes, if students can go to school and be gunned down in their classroom or have their bodies and their choices regulated by the government they should be allowed to have a say in who makes laws to protect them.
@9C489ZR1wk
No, but workers that are under the voting age should not be taxed for federal or state income.
No, it should be the same as drinking, smoking, prison and military ages.
@9BXY3FJ3wks
NO ALL adult LEGAL ACRIVITIES should be completely as of AGE OF MAJORITY ONLY. NO MINOR should have ANY authorized legal actions without PARENTAL CONSENT and MONITORING!
@9BXSK4J3wks
Yes, but voters below 18 must be able to pass a civics test
@9BXFZK43wks
Yes, down to 16 years of age.
@9BXBCTN3wks
Yes, make it available to 16-year-olds, and anyone younger who can pass a basic test demonstrating their understanding of politics in order to vote
@9BX7TCP3wks
No, there should not be any voting whatsoever.
@9BWJDY53wks
Based on maturity... like 16 years old.
Voting should be possible for those under the voting age only if they pass a basic test demonstrating their understanding of politics (not required for adult voters).
@9BV4WN73wks
It depends. Sometimes young voices need to be heard, but if there is an option to do so, most younger people might just do it without thinking too much about it. Or for fun.
No, but if you’re under 18 and not allowed to vote, you shouldn’t have to pay taxes
@9BTZ8B43wks
16+ old to be allowed to vote in local government elections and have 18+ be allowed to vote for state and federal elections
@9BTQWPV4wks
No, and anyone under 18 should not have to pay taxes.
@9BSX8NR4wks
No, any younger than 18 kids are mostly influenced by their parents and haven't made their own opinions or done their own research.
You should have to understand political parties and situations, but yes, it should be lowered as much as possible
@9BRM87R4wks
No, but people under 18 should not be taxed on their income
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