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And isn't the legal age to vote also based on the same thing?
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Not at all. I, f'rinstance had to register for the draft at 18 (1966) but couldn't vote until I was 21. I had to dodge the draft the hard way -- I enlisted!
Back then, one of the big arguments for lowering the voting age was that if you were old enough to die for your country, you should be old enough to vote. I don't necessarily agree with that logic. Like they say, the only difference between the Army and the Boy Scouts is that the Boy Scouts have adult leaders!
