considering the crassness and ignorance of people below that age
2006-11-05 02:49:54 · 11 answers · asked by elodie3620 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Old enough to fight old enough to vote.
2006-11-05 03:29:20 · answer #1 · answered by Eragon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just as crass and ignorant to assume that all people under 25 are crass and ignorant. Many young people don't vote anyways.
All the same, in Amerikkka, there's only one vote that counts right now. I'm sure exactly who's vote that is but it is the same vote that fixed the last two presidential elections.
2006-11-05 11:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by AJ F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a basic knowledge test should be given to ALL people who intend to vote. They should be a legal resident, be able to read, (English), if they can do this they should be able to speak English...duh, name the branches of government, know what the positions of government are responsible for and how to cast a ballot. There's no way to force anyone to research the candidates or initiatives they are voting for, but there should be a highly promoted, easy access posting of the issues with side by side comparisons that all candidates were required to participate. This would get rid of most of very biased reporting and ads we currently have to put up with. This would help insure that the votes cast would be based on some knowledge and not propaganda, no matter what the age.
2006-11-05 11:31:51 · answer #3 · answered by Keith R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only problem with that statement (question?) is the crassness and ignorance of so many people over 24. People, for example, like Bush (ignorant) and Limbaugh (crass).
If ignorance and crassness are the measure of voter eligibility, we would have about 100 eligible voters in this country.
2006-11-05 11:00:04 · answer #4 · answered by Chuck N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, being a person under 25 in the US, I feel that I am much more educated than many people over 25, especially in the part of the country that I live in. The right to vote should correllate with legal age as well.
2006-11-05 10:57:39 · answer #5 · answered by boomer sooner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is hard to say but what ever the legal drinking age is in a land should be the legal voting age for in Canada Ontario you can pick
an individual to govern, but have to wait a year to drink.
When young adults are in school they have many ideologies about the future, for education has power to comment but to use the education after real life experience is different. I voted at 18 and some ideologies have changed since then.
A bleeding heart will give away your house not their own.
A cold heart ussually will let you sleep in the house if you put in an effort to show your ability and integrity but will help you buils a house.
2006-11-06 01:47:32 · answer #6 · answered by tordor111 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've met some 40 year olds that shouldn't be allowed to vote. Idiots come in all ages, shapes, and sizes.
Unfortunately, we've got to allow all legal citizens to vote. If we begin adding "tests" to voting privileges, who would make the rules? The value of voting would be diminished substantially.
2006-11-05 10:59:46 · answer #7 · answered by Steve M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, under Federal law, any U.S. citizen with no felon convictions have the right to vote.
2006-11-05 10:58:27 · answer #8 · answered by aaron_esq 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We could say the same about people over 70.
2006-11-05 10:52:34 · answer #9 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a shame...I woke up this morning to socialist America!
2006-11-08 09:23:37 · answer #10 · answered by deburleigh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋