Abaselula banokuvota kwi-18 kwaye banokubhalisa kwi-17
E-United States, abantu abadala abaseneminyaka eli-18 ubudala kufuneka bavote ukhetho oluninzi lukarhulumente. Intsha ingakwazi ukurejista ukuvota kwangethuba eli-17 kwezinye iindawo.
Umda Wokuvota wase-US
Umntwana osemantwaneni wase-US uyakwazi ukubhalisa ukuvota kunyaka abaya kuba ngu-18. Ngoko ke ukuba umntwana wakho angaphenduli 18 ukuya kuDisemba, unokubhalisa ukuvota nayiphi na ixesha ngexesha lekhalenda.
Nantsi indlela umntwana wakho angabhalisa ngayo ukuvota:
- Iifom zokubhalisa iiVot ziza kufumaneka kwiiofisi zesebe zesebe.
- Abaninzi bathi ngoku banokubhalisa kwi-intanethi.
Khuthaza umntwana wakho ukuba abhalise ukuvota. Thetha ngokubaluleka kokuba ngumvoti ofundisayo kwaye ukhuthaze umntwana wakho ukuba acinge ngokucokisekileyo ngemicimbi nabaviwa kwivoti.
Ama-Olds-Olds and Elections
Kukho amanye amazwe avumela ukuba uneminyaka eli-17 ubudala ukuba athathe inxaxheba kwizikhetho eziphambili kunye neekhoksi ukuba ziya ku-18 okanye phambi kosuku lokhetho.
Ngomnyaka ka-2016, ithi ivumela abantu abaneminyaka eyi-17 ukuba bavote ukhetho oluphambili kunye neekheksi ziquka: i-Alaska, i-Connecticut, i-Delaware, i-Hawaii, i-Illinois, i-Indiana, i-Iowa, iKentucky, iMaine, i-Maryland, i-Mississippi, i-Nebraska, i-Nevada, i-North Carolina, E-Ohio, eMzantsi Carolina, eVirginia, eVermont, eWashington, eWest Virginia nase-Wyoming. ISithili saseColumbia sivumela ukuvota kweminyaka eli-17.
Nangona kunjalo, e-Alaska, eHawaii, eWashington nase-Wyoming, abaneminyaka eyi-17 bavunyelwe ukuvota kwikhetho leDemocratic Party.
Oku kungatshintsha, ngoko jonga kwiofisi yeqela langaphandle kwiimfuneko zangoku.
Umlando wexesha lokuvota lase-US
Ngaphambi kowe-1971, abemi baseMelika babefanele babe ngama-21 ukuze bavote. I-Congress yadlulisela uhlengahlengiso lwama-26 kuMgaqo-siseko ngo-Matshi waloo nyaka, iqinisekisa ngokukhawuleza kunye noMongameli uRichard M.
U-Nixon wasayina ekubeni ngumthetho ngoJulayi 1971.
Ingxabano yokunciphisa ubudala bokuvota esemthethweni ukususela ngo-21 ukuya kwe-18 yaqala ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi II. Abaninzi babethi ukuba abafana abasenokuba babhalwa ukulwa emfazweni, kufuneka bavumele ukuvota. Le ngxabano yabuyela ekugqibeleni ngexesha leMfazwe yaseVietnam ngenxa yezizathu ezifanayo.
Namhlanje, abadlali abanamalungelo olutsha bachaza ukuba ubudala bokuvota kufuneka buncitshiswe kuma-17, okanye nakwi-16. Phakathi kweengxabano zolu tshintsho, kukuba kuya kubanika intsha ithuba lokubandakanyeka kwezopolitiko kwangoko nokudala abavoti bexesha elide.
Umda Wokuvota Kwezinye Amazwe
I-United States ayikho yodwa ekufuneni ukuba izakhamizi zibe ne-18 ukuvota. Ininzi lamazwe ehlabathini nawo uneminyaka eyi-18 ubudala yokuvota.
E-Austria, eBrazil, eCuba naseNicaragua ziphakathi kwamazwe avumela abantu abaneminyaka engama-16 ukuba bavote. Amazwe ambalwa avumela abantu abaneminyaka eyi-17 ukuba bavote. Amazwe ambalwa akalivumeli ukuvota ade aneminyaka eyi-20 okanye 21.
Ngaba umGaqo Wokuvota we-US kufuneka uhlawulelwe?
Ubudala bokuvota buyihloko ephikisana kakhulu. Abaxhasi bathi abantwana abatsha njengama-16 kufuneka bavunyelwe ukuthatha inxaxheba kukhetho lonyulo lukaRhulumente.
Abagxeki bathi abatsha abaselula abaza kubandakanywa ukhetho kwaye abayi kukwazi ukubeka iivoti eziphezulu.
Nangona kunjalo, uphando kumazwe aneminyaka emininzi yokuvota ibonisa ukuba abaneminyaka engama-16 ubudala banokuthi bathathe inxaxheba njengabafana babo abadala. Baphinde babonise amandla okuphonsa iivoti ezimele iimfuno zabo.
Khuthaza Iintsapho Zakho Ukuba Zibandakanyeke
Ingane yakho ayifuni ukuba ilinde de ibe ne-18 ukuba ibandakanyeke kwezopolitiko nangona kunjalo. Thetha kwintsapho yakho malunga naluphi na ukhetho oluzayo.
Buza wakho umntwana ukuba avote ukuba ngaba udala ngokwaneleyo. Xoxa ngemiba yokuvota kwaye uthethe ngendlela abavoti abazenza ngayo utshintsho.
Mkhuthaze ukuba enze uphando malunga nokuba ngubani umviwa. Yaye uthetha ngeendlela zakhe ezixabisekileyo ezikhethiweyo ezikhethiweyo.
Ukuba umntwana wakho ubonisa iimbono ezichasene neyakho, musa ukuphikisana. Bonisa ukuba ungumphulaphuli olungileyo kwaye uxabisa uluvo lwakhe. Ingxenye yokuba ngumntu wakhe ingabandakanya ukucinga ngendlela eyahlukileyo kunoko.
Ngaphambili umntwana wakho uqala ukucinga ngezi zinto, mhlawumbi uya kubavota xa ekhulile ngokwaneleyo.
> Imithombo
> Wagner M, Johann D, Kritzinger S. Ukuvota nge-16: Ukuguquka kunye nomgangatho wokukhetha kwevoti. Izifundo zoNyulo . 2012; 31 (2): 372-383.