Meanwhile, a libertarian columnist and University of Tennessee law professor, Glenn Reynolds, suggested a more dramatic solution. To be a voter, one must be able to participate in adult political discussions. It’s necessary to be able to listen to opposing arguments and even—as I’m doing right here in this column—to change your mind in response to new evidence. So maybe we should raise the voting age to 25, an age at which, one fervently hopes, some degree of maturity will have set in. It’s bad enough to have to treat college students like children. But it’s intolerable to be governed by
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