If the voting age was lowered most of the young people who don't know anything about current events and politics won't vote anyway. Stupid teenagers will just turn into stupid adults, we might as well give them practice at being decisive now. I believe that 14 would be a better choice then 12. Voting is something that requires a certain level of maturity, which has not yet developed at this age. I believe that it would give teenagers more of a sense that they are a respected part of society.
Many teenagers feel that they are treated as second class citizens without a say.
Dec 1999 I think that anyone should be able to vote, no matter what their age, if they are able to vote. I think that people aged 12 and over should be allowed to vote. The main argument against this, is that people think that people under the age of 18, and not intelligent enough to pick a proper candidate. That was picked by people over the age of 18. I believe that the age to vote should be 16yrs.