The Advantages and Disadvantages of the voting expansion

 Advantages of the Voting Expansion 

An advantage of the voting expansion is that you can register to vote at 16. this is positive because the youth of the time are able to make a difference by registering to vote. This is positive because although these people are not yet adults, they are treated like one as they can not yet fully vote for thier political views but they can put forward that they would like to vote. They are given a political voice from a young age which makes them feel involved and potentially make them care about Politics and make it matter to them. So I think that being able to vote at 16 is a massive positive because of the reasons stated.

Another positive of the voting expansion is the involvement of women in politics with the Suffragette movement in the Early 20th century. I think that this is positive because it proves that women are very capable of making political decisions. It is much the same as the prior point because it makes people that are potentially seen as lower than men like children and women, feel like they have voice in how the county is run. Also it brings political equality between men and women which was and is a huge step in achieve full gender equality in society. 

Disadvantages of the Voting Expansion

A disadvantage of the voting expansion is that Prisoners feel as though, due to the Human Rights Act 1998, that they also have a right to vote due to the human right to vote. They think that because they are human they should have a say in the country politics. But I don think this should be the case as some criminals have violated other people's Human Rights by doing the things that have led them to be in prison. So they shouldn't be entitled to thier own Human Rights if they have taken someone's right to life from them for example.



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