The pro's are that you get to have say in what is happening in your community, and or state. The con's is probably that many people that turn 18 are still not fully mature.
Oh you can vote at the age 11 unless your in...
It was 21 but by the time of the Vietnam War people argued that if you could be in the armed service at 18, you should be able to vote at 18
Ellis Arnall, he was the 69th governor of Georgia and lowered the age from 21 to 18.
The main argument for giving the vote to 18 year olds was that if an 18 year old was old enough to be drafted into the military and die for his country, then he was old enough to vote.Another argument for lowering the voting age can be summarised by the following quote:"No taxation without representation"In the US you can legally leave school at 16 years of age, start work and therefore pay tax. As such it would not be unreasonable to expect to have some say in how your tax money was spent. Therefore it could be argued that if you are old enough to fund government, you are old enough to chose who should run it and how your tax money is spent and hence should be allowed to vote.
In the Netherlands the legal drinking age is 16 for low alcohol beverages below 21% (beer, wine) and 18 for strong alcoholic drinks of 21% or above.
I believe as long as your 18 meaning the legal age u should be fine.
in order to rent any type of hotel, motel etc., you must be the age of a legal adult, 18. To pay for the room most require the use of a credit card. Which you cannot have in your name until the minimum age of 18 is reached and has been legally verified.
Minimum voting age is 18 in India.
The voting age in the Netherlands is 18 years old.
The voting age is 18 in all states.
Voting age across the US is 18 everywhere
The legal voting age is 18 in Minnesota
The voting age in Russia is 18 years old
the voting age of china is 18
18 is the legal voting age in the US.
the Vietnam War.
18 is probably a good age because it is the age a person becomes "Legal" and Legally responsible for their actions.
In Austria the age has been reduced from 18 to 16. In most other European countries the voting age remains at 18.
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