Question

What age are you allowed to vote in the us?

Answer 1

18 years old.

Step-by-step explanation:

Vote is a formal indication of a person's opinion when choosing a government official and making decisions about public issues. Vote requirements in democracies around the world.

• Most countries require citizenships
• Specific voting age

Voting qualifications in the United States

Citizen

• In order to register to vote, you must be a citizen of the country.

Residency

• Amount of time citizen has lived in the state.
• Usually 30 days prior to election date.

Age

• Citizens must be at least 18 in order to vote.

Registration

• People must register to vote before the day of the election.
• Average is 30 days.

Restrictions

• Felons

• May not vote while completing sentence terms.

Mental incapacity

• If deemed mentally incompetent by a court of law.

Answer 2

Today, the standard voting age in the U.S. is 18 years old.

Some states allow seventeen year olds to vote in primaries and to register in voting rolls. The voting age was lowered from 21 during the draft in WW2 as questions were raised about the maturity of an 18 year old not being old enough to vote while still being old enough to fight in the war.

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