Because I don't think voting serves any purpose.
Moreover, while Ohio, Indiana and Illinois were free states, all three maintained "black laws" that prohibited African Americans from voting, serving on juries, marrying whites and testifying against whites in court.
Briant said 18-year-olds are adults when it comes to voting, serving in the military or signing a contract – and smoking should be no different.
They write that teens "lack maturity and have an underdeveloped sense of responsibility," and most states already prohibit teenagers from voting, serving jury duty, and marrying.
That means voting, serving on juries and being able to aspire to public office.
The state should include civics as part of its history and social science standards, and school districts should ensure that students learn about the duties of citizenship, such as voting, serving on a jury and knowing who their elected representatives are, as well as the opportunities that come with civic engagement, such as the ability to improve one's community and correct injustice.
If you're convicted of a drug felony, for example, you can be denied the right to vote, serve on a jury or work in a hospice.
College students and young adults age 18 and older are entitled to vote, serve in combat and enter into legally binding contracts, such as leases.
By the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, free black men had spent 40 years fashioning arguments for why they were citizens, entitled to vote, serve on juries and claim all the rights of native-born Americans.
A10 NATIONAL A12-19 increase in Life Sentences For Juvenile Offenders About 9,700 American prisoners are serving life sentences for crimes they committed before they could vote, serve on a jury or buy a lottery ticket -- before they turned 18.
