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Originally Posted by Jamie89
I'm not saying it's what I want to happen, it's just an idea I had because of everyone saying that their issue with under 18's voting is their lack of knowledge, so it's just something I'm putting out there. If it's undemocratic, surely that makes the whole argument of one person not being able to vote because of their lack of knowledge compared to someone else undemocratic too? Obviously there's practicalities like those you've mentioned (although I don't see how it would necessarily make the process more open to corruption), but I'm just posing it as a theory 'in principle' more than anything else
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You can't tell an adult who pays taxes that they can't vote because they're not knowledgeable enough, it's completely undemocratic.
You could argue that some 16 year olds pay taxes but again my original point stands that most 16 year olds either don't work or only work part time and probably don't earn enough to pay anything or very little. All those 16 year olds who are that interested in voting (again I think there's probably a minority who care that much too) will be able to vote in two years time, it's not a very long wait