18 is Too Young to Vote

     Let’s all recognize, 18-year-old kids/adults are not that bright for the most part and their right to vote should be suspended until at least the age of 25 when their brain is fully developed. In our preteens we are just beginning to comprehend how the stuff we do today effects our tomorrow. Then as teenagers we are going through all sorts of changes in life and are beginning to figure out how to manage our time and maybe think past high school and into our future.

     Then all the sudden you turn 18 and have the right to vote? They can’t even control their frantic little lives.  I believe the only way you should get to vote when your 18 is if you join the military.  This would mean that I would also be forfeiting the right to vote because I am not yet 25, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make to keep dumb kids out of the poll both. The only way I would allow 18-year-olds to vote is if they and everyone else passed a test to vote. That’s right, whether you are 18 or 80 if you can’t pass the test you don’t vote.

     People may say voting is a right, but so is driving a car. You still have to pass a test to get your drivers license and legally drive a car. I say give us all a test because stupid people shouldn’t be voting. Here is an example; I did a psychology experiment my senior year of high school where I asked students simple questions like, what three states bordered California? At least 80% couldn’t answer or they would say Mexico, Colorado, Texas, South Dakota and so on. The only one they all got right was Neveda and by the way I went to school in Southern California. Now you’re telling me kids that were 18 or turning 18 and couldn’t answer that simple question or other simple questions similar to it, all of the sudden they get to vote for the most powerful figure in the world?