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LOWERING OF VOTING AGE TO 18 (EFFECTS OF MAINTAINING VOTING AGE (to…
LOWERING OF VOTING AGE TO 18
REASONS: Why voting age should be decreased? By Badd 27/06/2018
18 is considered legal under law
Time to hear youth voice
Increase the participation of Malaysian youths in politics
EFFECT OF LOWERING VOTING AGE
Solidified democratic legitamacy
Increase voter turnout
Ensure that the interests of young citizens are represented in the political system
Quality of voting drop
PROS AND CONS OF MAINTAINING VOTING AGE
PROS
Vote not based on popularity
Teenagers are too easily swayed by immoral politicians
Adults have more experience
Increase their desire to eventually vote when they hit 21 years old.
Adult are more mature
CONS
Younger people may not interested in politics
The country only hear the voice of old people
Less developed country
COUNTRY THAT MAINTAINING VOTING AGE
Bahrain (20 years old)
Cameroon (20 years old)
Kuwait (21 years old)
Lebanon (21 years old)
Nauru (20 years old)
Oman (21 years old)
Samoa (21 years old)
Singapore (21 years old)
Solomon Islands (21 years old)
Taiwan (20 years old)
Tokelau (21 years old)
Tonga (21 years old)
UAE (25 years old)
PROS AND CONS OF LOWERING
VOTING AGE
By Monica Hunter-Hart
Apr 19 2018
PROS
Essential Part of the Brain is Mature
Civic Engagement in Parents
Minors Can Be Criminally Charged Like Adults
Civic Engagement in Youth
CONS
Kids Can Be Politically Engaged Without Voting
Young Brains Aren't Mature
EFFECTS OF MAINTAINING VOTING AGE
to prevent trickle-up effects
They know how their government run the country
Less protestants
Do not disrupt their studies
Politically involved