NYRA-Nanuet Campaigns to Lower the Voting Age on RNN

RNN did this awesome piece on NYRA-Nanuet: Teen Suffrage Organization's quest to lower the voting age. This aired on January 9, 2009. The chapter has since changed their campaign to push for a voting age of 16 instead of 15 like the story indicates.

Check out NYRA-Nanuet here:
http://teensuffrageorganization.webs....

Check out the National Youth Rights Association here:
http://www.youthrights.org

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[TheInterlang]

If minors cannot vote, why should females?: (1) Many women live off their spouses and work parttime if at all, (2) Women can't be drafted, (3) Women have a different brain than men, so do not give me this "brain still developing" junk.

[YouthFreedomFighters]

You could say the same thing, that adults are too busy being adults to make good voters. Just about every 40 year old is too busy being 40 to concern themselves with matters of the nation, and that their minds are too easily swayed.

[YouthFreedomFighters]

Children and teenagers who commit crimes often are prosecuted as adults and receive adult sentences. Quite often somebody under 18 will be sent to juvie and then when they turn 18 they will be transferred to adult prison to serve the remainder of their sentence. Also, people under 18 are sometimes even executed. There was an act which made it so that the death penalty does not just apply to those 18 and over.

[YouthFreedomFighters]

Your lame insults show your lack of maturity. If anything, its people like you who shouldn't vote.

[SuperMerlin100]

I fully support lower the voting age! Regardless of whether or not young people are mature, responsible, knowledgeable, People over 18 are not required to be any of things so why so young people be held to it!? In fact many of the young people that I know are far more mature about these matters than the so call "responsible adults" thank you.

[Rodney Dangerfield]

You are all dumbasses; it will never work and give up all hope

[RobotShoppingCenter]

Keep voting at 18!16 is far too young!

[TikiWarrior370]

wow, i no them, they're a grade older

[horsesflu]

Here's a question for you, since you seem to think children are responsible and informed enough to dictate the direction of the nation: should children who commit crimes be prosecuted as adults, and receive adult sentences?

[horsesflu]

It's not a "generalization" - it's a fact. Most youth are not worthy of voting. They are busy being kids (because that's what they are). Granted, there are some youth who would make good voters, but I'm confident in my assertion that just about every 15 year old is too busy being 15 to concern themselves with matters of the nation, nor would they fully grasp the concepts at hand, as well, their minds are too easily swayed by parents and special interests.

Cute rebuttal though.