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A Say At Sixteen - Votes at Sixteen
To give the right to vote to sixteen-year-olds.
Why is this important?
Sixteen and seventeen-year-olds are the future of our society, so we believe that they deserve a say in this future. Voting is a right, and we don't believe that there is a strong enough case to deny this right to sixteen-year-olds.
Sixteen-year-olds can already do so many of the things that adults can. They can work, pay taxes, start a family, and join the military. However, they do not have any say in the rights that they have in this job, how much they pay in tax, what those taxes go to, how the government treats their family, or what that military fights for.
Rights are things that are given, and only taken away when there is a strong enough case to do so. When it comes to voting, and when it comes to sixteen-year-olds, we do not believe that there is a strong enough case to deny the right to vote to sixteen-year-olds.
For these main reasons (and many more!) we believe that sixteen-year-olds, should have, and need to have the vote.
