Show Eisenhower Stud res Vote Age Limit the Michigan University of President Eisenhower's plan to allow to vote in national elections is a proposal long Many legislators on both state and national levels have advocated extended suffrage to but the statements always seem to have the resounding ring of empty political promises and are never acted The old that a person old enough to fight for his country is old enough to participate in its though time is still Even if the nation does not choose to draft men for services until the age of it is still a person's right to participate in government policy-formation to the extent of his one vote before he is sent abroad fight and perhaps die for his Far more important in the long-range is that extension of suffrage will help maintain the civic-mindedness of those high school graduates who never go to At the present time this large after three years out of does not have the incentive to get out and vote that they would have if just out of high with courses directed toward the responsibilities of citizenship still fresh in Opponents of the proposal argue that not enough experience and maturity to cast a vote An even cursory comparison between the of today and the of years reveals that today's youth is capable of more informed voting than ever |