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by michael1999 333 days ago
We also have similar for age-related decline. My dad is facing vascular dementia at 90.

If the senile and the crazy can vote, why not 16-year-olds?

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"There's already a forest fire across the road, so nobody will care if I toss a cigarette out on this side" is the sort of idea I might have embraced myself... at 16.
It is too hard to take the vote away from this entrenched voting block despite their decaying mental state. So we're going to make sure we only disenfranchise another group that has less power.
Let's be real. Limiting voting from certain age would spark even bigger outrage.