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Keni
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25 May 2013, 6:25 pm

When I was 15 I thought it was terrible that my country could be run without my well-informed vote....
I had all the answers it was all so obvious :lol:

Looking back, I really thought I could make a difference.
We were much less informed than youngsters today though, the only information came from the papers & TV.

My first reaction was "No, no, they don't know enough". And then I look around at the adult voters who supposedly do...
why the hell not give teens the vote, it can't get any worse.



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25 May 2013, 6:30 pm

Jacoby wrote:
Sure, let 16 year olds vote but make all voters pass a civics test then. Bet those left wingers would **** their pants at the thought of that. Just mining for votes and nothing more. Children's interests are represented through their parents.


Wow, it only took until the second post for someone to make a "Hur hur, the other side are dumb" post.


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25 May 2013, 7:45 pm

Well, if the reason not to lower the voting age is that teenagers would vote for left-wing parties, I guess the proper—or should I say right?—thing to do would be to outlaw these parties :P


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25 May 2013, 10:25 pm

Keni wrote:
why the hell not give teens the vote, it can't get any worse.


Twice that sentiment has been expressed in national elections....it somehow finds a way to get worse.