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Today’s question:
For the first time in the history of California, 16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in school board elections in Oakland and Berkeley this November.
QUESTION: Do you think kids should be able to vote in school board elections, or any elections?
Talk about it.
24 comments
NO!!!
Not in any election, but it might be a good idea for them to have a say in a school board election. They have the inside scoop of what’s happening at school, and can vote based on their personal experience. I remember when I was in high school, we were goofy kids, but when we had to get serious, we could also be objective and come up with some reasonable and practicable ideas.
School board, NO, but maybe for class officers in high school.
Oh HELL NO!
Old Otis ~ AGREE!!
No
No way….. of course it comes from Oaktown and Berzerkly
Yeah…. high school elections.
No
No…Look up the trailer for the movie “Wild in the Streets” a 1968 film of what happens when 16 year olds get the vote!
Kids under the age of 60 shouldn’t be allowed to vote!
I thought they are already! I happen to be looking at the California election website earlier today and it said that 16 &17 year olds could register to vote. That was new for me!
BADGE1104,
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The pre-registering of those under the age of 18 has been going on for a while now. It most often occurs in high schools. How long will it be before we begin pre-registering resident aliens and illegal aliens for when they become citizens? I don’t really care for the ease with which our elected representatives have made it for individuals to register to vote, after all, it takes an effort to vote, it “should” take an effort to know who and what one is voting for, and it should require just as much of an effort for one to register to vote.
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We should also remove the occupation and political affiliation of candidates from our ballots, because voters should have to know something about those that they are voting for, other than just looking for political party affiliation, the word “incumbent,” and/or the occupation, and/or political office previously or currently held. Those changes should lead to fewer low-information voters and more high-information voters.
Raise the age of adulthood to 20 for everything. Voting, contracting, military service, smoking, drinking, etc.
if you are under 18, you are not legally an adult. If they are under 18, the parent is still liable for their education … so how can they legally be allowed to vote.
O wait you said Oakland, the land of crime.
And Berkeley … where everything is legal cause we cannot hurt feelings.
No. 18 is the new 15.
18-year olds are so immature.
In fact, the legal voting age should be RAISED to 25 years old.
No.
If this is a Joke, it’s not funny!
Yes, only Local and Regional Elections. A “trial data basis.” As done in classrooms as “mock” elections, etc.first.
Adequate political education needs to be provided by schools to enable young people to be confident and knowledgeable voters for the future. Many democracies have witnessed a sharp decline in voter turnout and in membership of mainstream political parties; this is especially the case among younger generations, who have tended to be defined by the literature as politically apathetic (i.e. feeling a lack of desire or a general antipathy to participation in electoral politics) or alienated from the existing political system (i.e. marginalised or excluded from political decision-making processes) (see Dahl et al., 2018)
Considering the unpredictable and critical events that have been affecting our Country and the World in general. If at the age of 16/17 for example, young people are old enough to enter the labor market, respond to criminal responsibility and be called upon to do military service, then there are no reasons for not having access to the right to vote at the age of 16; young people are more informed today than they were before; extending the minimum age for voting can be a way of fighting abstention; and the extension of the minimum voting age will force politicians to be closer to young people, to talk to them, which doesn’t happen nowadays Starting with Local and Regional Governmental elections.
Poison kids from the age of 5-18 that Republicans are Racist, Sexist, Homophobic, Rich white men ….. sure !
I think you spelled Democrat wrong …
Who sniffed the children?
Which governor let out the child sex offenders during Covid?
Which woke party wants to teach 10 year old boys it’s ok to use a Tampon?
Which state wants to allow schools to hide information from parents about their children?
Absolutely not. Social media influencers have enough of an affect on teens. I can’t imagine minors under 18, in general, making informed decisions on candidates and propositions.
If you live in a state where you can marry 14 and 16 year olds, they should be able to vote.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! heads full of peanut butter making decisions on things they don’t understand. what could possibly go wrong?