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Originally Posted by ken0042
What I would like to see is the voting age lowered; but only if those young kids can pass a test. (I'm talking 14-17 year olds.) Get them involved in the political process early; and get their interests up.
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That's a really interesting a valid idea. When I turned 18 the thing I was most excited about was that I could vote. Maybe you are sitting there calling me a nerd. That's fine. The point is that there are a LOT of younger people interested in and involved in politics. Many of them are far more informed than the majority of adults.
However, if we do this, and make only the youth take a test, it starts to become discrimination on some level... and then the vote can become lopsided again because there are a portion of adults voting blind but not youth doing so.