RE: Should 16-Year-Olds Have the Right to Vote?

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You can get married and pay taxes at 16, so why not be able to vote too? I expect young people are not getting their information from the 'mainstream' sources these days. I would hope they are not being corrupted by extremists, but then I expect a lot of them are well capable of thinking for themselves. The government has to be good at reaching all of us so we know what they are achieving.



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The legal age to get married in England is 18 not 16. There's a lot of things under 18s can't do - smoking, drinking, getting a tattoo, enter into a contract....

Yes, many of them are well capable of thinking for themselves, but I believe a lot lot more are not capable.

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I wasn't totally sure of the age limits, but I did a quick search. There are plenty of adults I wouldn't trust to vote.

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Certainly better education to go along with the voting too (and not just for 16 ur olds!!!

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