I Expect

Submitted by pamcyr on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 9:21am

I Expect
By Rachel Pitcher

I expect that kids can vote. Right now kids don't have a chance to choose the candidate of their state. What if you were us and you wanted to vote. If you care then listen closely and you will find out why kids should be able to vote.

Kids don’t have a fair chance to vote for their candidates. If kids voted, we would see our president differently. Because we didn't get a chance to vote, we don't know a lot about our president. If we understood our president, it would be a lot easier to understand why he is doing the things he does.

Adults affect the way our childhood goes because when they make their decision, that’s final. Voting would allow us to affect our own childhood.

Ok what if you were us and you wanted to vote how you would feel? I think that you would probably feel just the way we feel - EXCLUDED! If you really wanted to vote, but you were too young you'd feel pretty bad. The next election is in 2008 and it would be AMAZING if kids could vote by then.

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A New Youth Movement

Submitted by njandl on Sat, 09/22/2007 - 10:02am.

What a refreshing idea - kids that want to vote! I think you make a very good point that voting helps people to be interested in the candidates, because they have to make a choice. While I'm not sure that we will see kids voting in 2008, it's a worthy cause! Can you think of other reasons why kids should vote that you might include in a longer version of this piece?