14 year old voted in election

This is a bad thing?

The only reason children are uneducated about politics is because adults refuse to teach them about mature things from an early age. He made an effort to vote, rather than the lazy 40% of eligible voters in the UK.

And he got in trouble from this? The voting age limit is such a waste of time and effort to enforce. Any limit on voting is.

Yeah, I was thinking this too, but most kids (including me) don't care for voting anyway, all our politicians are corrupt anyway.

Having no good politicians makes us apathetic.

The voting age limit is such a waste of time.

Voting is a waste of time. Politicians will do what ever they have to do to get elected, then they'll break every single promise and do whatever they want anyways. Voting is one of the most pointless things in the world. Right up there next to freedom of speech. Sure, you have freedom of speech, but then the government says that you can't say certain things until certain times, or that you can't say certain things ever. Some freedom !

So I guess the 1000s of people that voted for the first time had nothing to do with Obama getting elected?

Voting is a waste of time. Politicians will do what ever they have to do to get elected, then they'll break every single promise and do whatever they want anyways. Voting is one of the most pointless things in the world. Right up there next to freedom of speech. Sure, you have freedom of speech, but then the government says that you can't say certain things until certain times, or that you can't say certain things ever. Some freedom !

This really isn't a big deal in itself, but I don't think kids should be voting in elections......at least with the correct system. Kids tend to follow what the people around them believe and that could really throw things off.

I personally think that adults should be required to take a civics test before voting. The 2008 election proved that many people didn't have a clue what they were voting for. If there were requirements to vote and a kid met them I would be perfectly fine with them voting.

This is a bad thing?

The only reason children are uneducated about politics is because adults refuse to teach them about mature things from an early age. He made an effort to vote, rather than the lazy 40% of eligible voters in the UK.

And he got in trouble from this? The voting age limit is such a waste of time and effort to enforce. Any limit on voting is.

Sorry,but I have to disagree. Lets be real. Adults can try and educate children about politics,but most people at that age are to young to make a real informed choice. Most would just vote however their parents vote. Not to mention that a child's brain at that age in no were near being fully developed. I say a voting age limit is a good idea. That being said it's not a major incident. I wonder who really wasted all that time reporting this to the police?

This really isn't a big deal in itself, but I don't think kids should be voting in elections......at least with the correct system. Kids tend to follow what the people around them believe and that could really throw things off.

I personally think that adults should be required to take a civics test before voting. The 2008 election proved that many people didn't have a clue what they were voting for. If there were requirements to vote and a kid met them I would be perfectly fine with them voting.

Sorry,but I have to disagree. Lets be real. Adults can try and educate children about politics,but most people at that age are to young to make a real informed choice. Most would just vote however their parents vote. Not to mention that a child's brain at that age in no were near being fully developed. I say a voting age limit is a good idea. That being said it's not a major incident. I wonder who really wasted all that time reporting this to the police?

So I guess the 1000s of people that voted for the first time had nothing to do with Obama getting elected? Your attitude is common of the middle class and is why the wrong people keep getting elected.

Yeah, my attitude is the reason that the wrong people get elected ? It doesn't matter who you vote for, they'll all lie and fail miserably. People only voted for Obama because they heard people like Oprah said that they liked him and people have such low self esteem that they think going along with what some loser on tv says makes them cool, too.