Tyee Readers Say: Give Teens the Vote! | The Tyee
I was discussing this topic with somee associates a while ago. Think it was a few months after Trudeau was elected in 2015. My position in this discussion was that I felt allowing people as young as 16 to vote shouldn’t be allowed. A few provincial and another federal election later, I’ve changed my opinion. I think it would be a good idea.
“16-year-olds can’t do worse than current voters,” one reader wrote. In fact, some argued the youth activism we’ve seen around the world makes a strong argument for a lower voting age.
The young people are the ones marching in the streets to save the ’ole folks who are too consumer-driven to realize they are spending their way to a precipice. The young people deserve the right to vote for their future.