if I'm old enough to go to college shouldn't i be able to vote,why or why not ?

Answer 1

According to your profile, you're 16, but it doesn't say what month you were born. Assuming that your birthday is before November, you will be old enough to vote in the next Presidential election. The 26th Amendment to the Constitution says, "The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age."

While I think it is great that you are able to graduate high school and attend college at a younger age than normal, I don't think there should be exceptions made. If we make exceptions for people under 18 in college, then what age for these people should be the cut off? If a 12 year old is in college, should they be allowed to vote? There are also a lot of people 18 and older in college that probably should not be allowed to vote. And what about exceptions for other people? You can join the military at 17 and go off to war. But they don't get to vote. These people should be able to vote. But if you make exceptions for both of these, there will be other groups of people that will want exception made to them to be allowed to vote even though they don't qualify.

Just be patient and wait a couple of years. You will get plenty of opportunities to vote in your life time.

Answer 2

Yes. The voting age used to be 21 and then was lowered to 18 in 1972 via the 26th Amendment. The reality is though that young people today are not exposed to the political process enough and most 16 years old are more than capable of voting. The legal voting age in the majority of countries is 18 so it probably won't be changed again any time soon.

Answer 3

You're basically saying that you are old enough to go to school or that you are old enough to need an education. That's really not a good comparison. You are however, old enough to fight a war for your government and die in vain over some stupid lies. So yes, I think that you should be able to vote for the leader that you would die for, I also think that you should be able to drink alcohol, and drive an automobile, and smoke tobacco, and be held accountable for your actions. At the legal age, all benefits should be awarded.

Answer 4

Voting age (18 in the United States) is dictated by the Constitution, wheras college admission policies are dictated by the indivudal education institution. Therefore, it is possible for a person to be admitted to and attend college before he/she is old enough to legally vote. The two systems are completely seperate. To link voting age to the age at which one is admitted to college would be highly difficult to regulate, and in my opinion, morally wrong. It would, in effect, discriminate against those not in college, and also against those college students who enter college at age 18, by allowing those admitted early (16, 17, etc) to exercise voting rights at an earlier age than normal. Alternativly, one could attempt to regulate colleges and forbid them from admitting anyone too young to vote--But once again, there would be enforcement issues, civil rights issues, etc, as well as discrimination in college admissions policies, by barring the admission of underage students, even if the student is ready for college-level coursework.

Therefore, not only are voting age and college admission age not related, there is no way in which they could be, or should be.

Answer 5

Are you 18 ifso go vote.