The Right Voting Age In the persuasive argument, “16: The Right Voting Age”, by the National Youth Rights Association, the writers insist that the right age to vote is 16 years old. As the authors’ put it, “Young people have strong views about the environment. But they have no voice in determining the leaders who must protect it” (450). In making this comment, writers argue that young people have the strong opinion about the environment, do not know have the right to choose their president to protect them. I agree that youths know about the environment, but they do not have the voice to vote to choose a leader for them, a point that needs emphasizing because so many youths care to vote for the environment, but they cannot choose the leader
