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Everyone has the right of honest elections!

Posted on 08/08/12 by User_image_bgLilac Green

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Well, in this article I would like to share my thoughts on politics. Elections are often an issue for everyone. People always ask themselves:" From which age should we have a right to vote?" . The answer for this question is not definite, because some children may discuss world problems at the age of 13, and another person cannot express their views at the age of 30! So, to my mind, everyone from the age of 16 should have their right to vote. Why 16? Because I think at this age teenagers can already make choices and be responsible not just for themselves, but for others too! They have already learnt a lot at school and on the Net. It may be shocking, I know, because my generation is more advanced than the previous. However, adults should make the best conditions for US to live!

I would also propose another idea to change. It is about how to make elections more honest with the help of modern technologies. For example, we can provide every bulletin with a special bar code with a candidate's name. While voting, we will put the bulletin in a special infrared scanner, which will also count voices! Or make special chips for voting, where all information is recorded! Voting cards provided by part could be also useful!

Finally, I would advise the youth to be bright and not to be shy to express their ideas, because everyone can make the world better. We just need more people!

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  • on 08/10/12, by thaoduong:

    Hi Lilac Green. Firstly, I highly appreciate your idea about election and the way we can make it work more effectively as we are the one who vote for my future representatives. In my country, specifically in Vietnam, everybody whose age are from 18 have the right to vote. So that in the part of age, I think it depends to some extent in your country's law system as well as the educational condition in your country. For example, if your country have poor educational conditions with high level of illiteracy, it is hard to ensure that the teenagers who are at the age of 16 and above completely understand the real meaning of their vote. Moreover, in this case, they live in such a poor country, meaning that their access to the global network could be limited, as well as the fact that they have so many other things to care about such as how to feed their family, how to let their younger sister go to school..., hence, can they vote make differences? So I personally think that there still be someone like you and me who care about politics, try to find the way to make our vote become more meaningful as they should be, however, think about others who fight for their life everyday which pushes them far away the idea of getting a good vote. It does not mean that we, the young generation could ignore our right to make us live in a more democratic world. I do not put my eyes on the age of having the right to vote, otherwise, what concerns me more is how we can put our trust on the election candidate and the election system, as well. We all want a fair and worthy election. But how to make it fair and worthy is a big question that I haven't had any answer in my mind yet. I'd like your idea of making advantages of technology. But it is quite costly and it can be impossible for developing to prepare for that. Sorry because I'm so worried about the case of developing countries. Finally, this is a great idea for debate and we need more voices to broaden our mind. Hope we can attract more people to join with us. ^^
    • Nadia Kenyo PD

      on 08/11/12, by Nadia Kenyo PD:

      Hi, I'm Indonesian and i agree wtih your statement. I like politics too like both of you. I think Lilac Green is true that in age 16, the young generations have "a good system" on their live to dedicate their live not just for their family and beloved friends, but for the others too. Maybe we can vote or "excercise vote" example from this website. We can post, discussing about all of the problems in this world together. From heart to heart, however we're in different located. I hope more people will be more understand about this ;) Thanks.
  • Nadia Kenyo PD

    on 08/11/12, by Nadia Kenyo PD:

    Hey Lilac Green, i agree with your post that we can't judge someone by his/her age whether they can or not to express their idea on public. It's about courage, dream, will, and feeling :) Thanks

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