voting

Question 1

requirements for voting in Canada

Answer 1

Canadian citizen
at least 18 years of age
resident in the electoral district
on the voters list (list of electors)

Question 2

arguments to lower voting age to 16

Answer 2

get youth engaged in politics; they will continue to vote into adulthood
can vote while still in school and learning about political issues
16 year olds are able to work, pay taxes, be tried in court as adults, fly a plane, join a political party, join Canadian Forces Reserves
give politicians more reason to pay attention to education related issues

Question 3

arguments to keep voting age the same

Answer 3

18 year olds are fairly mature

current system seems to be effective

Question 4

arguments to raise voting age to 21

Answer 4

18 year olds do not work full time; do not have the same stake in society and do not fully understand how taxes work
18 year olds are not as well informed
18 year olds may not vote anyway
the human brain does not finish maturing until mid-20s; voting youth’s brains and thought processes will not have fully developed

Question 5

issues with first past the post voting system

Answer 5

minority rule
eventually ends up in 2 party system
gerrymandering

Question 6

what is minority rule?

Answer 6

most people don’t get what they want

Question 7

what is gerrymandering?

Answer 7

the people dividing voters into electoral districts can sway majority votes