The proposal to reduce the minimum voting age from 18 to 17 is a blasphemous idea that shouldn’t be considered by the United States government. 18 is the right age for citizens to gain the right to vote as this has been the rule since the 26th amendment was passed in 1971. There have been no objections to this rule and changing it would create unneeded strife with possible protests of this change. There also isn’t a major need for reducing the minimum voting age as it’s only a one year year difference. Since 17 year old voters would only be able to vote for local candidates, the voter turnout wouldn’t be affected as much as not many people really care about their local elections such as city council and school board elections. In fact, most
