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I think the voting age Should also be lowered to 16 because most deemed it unfair.

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The voting age SHOULD BE LOWERED TO 16!

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The voting age should be lowered to 16 because young adults are understanding their environment more and can educate themselves on current issues enough so they should be able to vote.

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The voting age shouldn't be lowered to 16 because 16 year old's aren't mature enough to make big decisions like that -Jarrett

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Evidence to support claim—“In Takoma Park, MD., A city that permits 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in local elections, that age group is twice as likely to vote then our 18 year olds”(Steinberg paragraph 11). In countries like Argentina, Austria, Brazil, and Nicaragua that allow voting at 16 in national, state, or a local elections. In these countries voter turnout for 16 and 17-year-olds is significantly higher than the young adults. So, if the voter turnout is higher for the younger teens, this means their can be an increase in voter turnout for all ages in the future.

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Rebuttal— No, 16 year olds should be able to vote because 16- and 17-year-olds are already seen as adults. They can drive in all states like adults, they can pay tax like all adults, and they are treated the same way as adults in the criminal justice system. They’re brains have fully developed cold cognitive abilities and these abilities do not change as someone gets older. So in theory adults and mid-teens have the same process of making a decision on what candidate is the best option in an election. —Evan Refvik

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Refutation—Although you claim that teens under the age of 18 are not mentally matured, various studies show that teens under 18 have fully matured cold cognitive abilities. Cold cognitive abilities are what allows a person to make logical decisions when calm. In the voting booth cold cognitive skills are what you use to choose a candidate. -Evan Refvik

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Evidence to support claim—“By that age, adolescents can gather and process information, weigh pros and cons, reason logically with facts and take time before making a decision”(Steinberg paragraph. 6). Studies of cold cognition have shown that the skills necessary to make informed decisions are firmly in place by 16. Cold cognitive abilities are what help you to make decisions when calm. These cold cognitive abilities are what someone uses when inside a voting booth. So, why can’t 16 year olds vote if they have fully developed cold cognitive skills. -Evan Refvik

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John ligowski- I think the voting age should be lowered to 16!

Lowering the voting age can lead to a long term increase in vote turnout, bringing more citizens in touch with their government and pushing the government to better and serve its people.

A lower voting age would make civics education more effective as providing students a way to directly apply what they’re learning in the classroom in there communities would add a crucial level of relevance to civic courses

Refutations- lowering the voting age will increase voter turnout. People under 18 tend to have stronger roots in their community, often having lived in the same area for many years and establish connections to school and friends and family

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counterclaim: The voting age should be lowered to 16 because the quality of these young citizens choices is similar to that of older voters.

Refutation: Teens under the age of 18 are not mature enough to participate in elections because people at age 16-17 years do not have have emotional or mental maturity of someone 20 years old.

Andrew Spagnola

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The voting age should not be lowered to 16

Andrew Spagnola

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The voting age should NOT be lowered to 16.Young people often are misinformed about the fundamental structure of government, and rarely keep up on current events.

Sometimes teenagers can’t make decisions on there own. First, one must ask if 16 or 17 year olds are at a point where they are mature enough to vote.

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The federal voting age in the United States should be lowered to 16.

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Giovanni Walker:The voting age should not be 16. Kids don’t think for themselves and we mimic how our parents vote

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The voting age SHOULD BE LOWERED TO 16!