Should 16- and 17-year- old Citizens Be Allowed to Vote?
The way to get more people to vote is to get teens to vote. However, would it really be worth the time and effort to make this happen? The 26th Amendment gave 18 year olds the right to vote. Since then, the voting system has run relatively smooth as most of these 18 year olds have already finished high school and have somewhat learned to become independent. Teens that are the age of 16 and 17 should not be able to vote because it will take too much effort to do so and teens will not take this opportunity as properly as adults do.
Annys Shin, author of Takoma Park 16-year-old savors history-making moment at the polls stated that “the result won’t be worth the time and effort the city devoted to the issue. Nor will it do much to achieve the larger goal of getting younger voters engaged in politics.” The goal of having teens vote is to get them more engaged in politics. However, if there are little to no teens voting, the diligent work of the council would have been for nothing. Teens are very busy struggling with high school and extracurricular activities. Giving someone a privilege that they won’t use would make the extra effort pointless. …show more content…
However, if there are barriers to get to this, voting from teens will not happen. Shin also argued that “as you get more disrupted in your life, the less likely you are to vote.” This statement points out the fact that teens usually have a full schedule and don’t have time or encouragement to vote. A teenager should do activities that involve growing up and not wasting time doing something that is a right for adults. Therefore, the reason that teens won’t be taking advantage of the right to vote would be due to the fact that they are busy. Meaning that if young people have the privilege to vote and don’t take it, efforts made to get here would be for no good
The way to get more people to vote is to get teens to vote. However, would it really be worth the time and effort to make this happen? The 26th Amendment gave 18 year olds the right to vote. Since then, the voting system has run relatively smooth as most of these 18 year olds have already finished high school and have somewhat learned to become independent. Teens that are the age of 16 and 17 should not be able to vote because it will take too much effort to do so and teens will not take this opportunity as properly as adults do.
Annys Shin, author of Takoma Park 16-year-old savors history-making moment at the polls stated that “the result won’t be worth the time and effort the city devoted to the issue. Nor will it do much to achieve the larger goal of getting younger voters engaged in politics.” The goal of having teens vote is to get them more engaged in politics. However, if there are little to no teens voting, the diligent work of the council would have been for nothing. Teens are very busy struggling with high school and extracurricular activities. Giving someone a privilege that they won’t use would make the extra effort pointless. …show more content…
However, if there are barriers to get to this, voting from teens will not happen. Shin also argued that “as you get more disrupted in your life, the less likely you are to vote.” This statement points out the fact that teens usually have a full schedule and don’t have time or encouragement to vote. A teenager should do activities that involve growing up and not wasting time doing something that is a right for adults. Therefore, the reason that teens won’t be taking advantage of the right to vote would be due to the fact that they are busy. Meaning that if young people have the privilege to vote and don’t take it, efforts made to get here would be for no good