Read this excerpt of a speech that Hoda is writing about the topic of voting age.
I think all children should be able to vote at age 13. I’d like to be able to vote in the next presidential election. _____ In cultures of the past, people were considered adults at age 13, and today’s children are even smarter than children of the past.
Which rebuttal best addresses the counterclaim that “children at age 13 should not vote” and belongs in the blank space in Hoda’s speech?
People who say children should not have a say in who serves in our government do not truly respect children.
Some children may not be ready to vote, but children like me, who love politics, are!
Adults can vote but a large percentage of them do not use this privilege that they have.
If all the children in the world were able to vote, I think we’d have a much better world.