Rather than focusing on changing the voting age, which has the appearance of legislating for political gain, lawmakers should instead commit themselves to reinvigorating civics and history education, which would benefit all of us
Don’t allow 16 year-old vote until U.S. high schools beef up the teaching of civics and U.S. history
ASHLAND, Ohio—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed a proposal to lower the legal voting age from 18 to 16 in federal elections and several Democratic presidential hopefuls also are touting the idea.
Whatever you might think initially of the concept, it’s important to consider it against the following backdrop.