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Minors should have an opportunity to vote. CMV.

I think that individuals who are under 18 should be eligible to vote provided they pass a test that would demonstrate they have clear understanding and knowledge of political issues. Minors that are willing to make the extra effort of taking a test (that citizens over 18 don't do) should be able to vote as their vote would be just as valid and educated as adult citizens.
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Validity of opinion is not part of the democratic process. That's sort of the point - it doesn't matter if you're thick or not, you have just as many rights as your fellow citizen. What you're proposing is that under 18's who are intelligent deserve more rights than the unintelligent.

Furthermore, how exactly do you plan to quantify "understanding and knowledge" - it is totally subjective. If you study history, even modern history you aren't presented with a single interpretation of the facts and told "that's how it happened", there's dozens of different equally valid interpretations of a single event. Take a modern example, the Global Financial Crisis - was this caused by poor regulation of the banks by governments, or by people borrowing beyond their means, or by a global Jewish conspiracy. You can't really refute any of those options with complete certainty - so how on Earth can you test someone on it?