The Pros And Cons Of Lowering The Voting Age

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I think the voting age should not be lowered to 13. Right now the minimum voting age is set at 18 years. When the US was founded, the minimum age to vote was 21 years, but after debates it was lowered to 18 years. When people reach 21, they are considered to be adults. Currently there are people talking about whether to lower the voting age to 13.


At first the minimum voting age was being considered was 16 years.The last debate dealt with lowering the voting age to 13 years. Reducing the minimum voting age from 18 to 13 years has a lot of disadvantages with this change. Disadvantages of lowering the voting age to 13 are there are important decisions that a thirteen year old can't make. Voting decisions are very important and a 13 year old

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