Voting is a responsibility bestowed upon citizens of a nation to choose a leader they feel has the best interest of the country and its people. There is one problem, though—the liberty of voting is limited only to people age 18 and older.
What is the problem with this, you may ask? We the younger generations put our future in the hands of older age groups who may not be here in a couple of years.
But this isn’t the only issue here, so let me expound.
America’s voting age used to be 21, until they made the 26th amendment in 1971 which changed the legal voting age to 18. India lowered its voting age from 21 to 18 as well in 1988, their reason being it would allow the youth to ve…
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