If the children voted, they may make the wrong decision and the person they vote for may turn the area into a disaster if that person is elected. When you are 18, you will understand who and why you are voting for that person.
The right to vote is given to adults, those who are considered able to make a valid and informed decision.
In the United States, for national, state and local elections you must be 18 years old to vote. This was established by a constitutional amendment (the 26th). In national elections, if you will be 18 by the date of the general election, you can vote in the primary elction for your party in your state.
Because when people turn 18, they are classified as adults, for boys, they are no longer boys at 18, they are men, as for girls, they are classified as women(although this may vary from country to country).
Nobody in the U.S. has to vote when they get to the age of 18.
So they know who you should vote for
not if they don`t want to.
We'd have to take a vote. It is possible, but a vote in congress would need to be taken first.
85% that don't and 15% do.
18 year olds
18 year olds got the vote in the UK in 1969 with the passing of the Representation of the People Act 1969. It came into effect for the 1970 general election.
gave 18 year- olds the right to vote
Yes, in every state of the union, 18 year olds are considered adults and are allowed the right to vote.
The Twenty-sixth Amendment gives 18 year old citizens the right to vote. The voting age was lowed from 21 to 18 in 1971.
gave 18 year- olds the right to vote
No. The voting age in Ireland is 18.
Ellis Arnall
In Arizona, I was able to vote in the presidential election at 18...that would have been 1972.