Five links with the APA Referencing

The five links with APA Referencing

1.      1. Politics New Zealand, Department of Personal Opinions (2012). Retrieved from
http://www.politics.org.nz/webapps/cid/23106/44861/vote/vote-debate.html?questid=429

2.     2. Dr. Therese Arseneau lecturer in New Zealand Politics and a Senior Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Canterbury (March 2012), Voting: an important habit.
http://thepulse.org.nz/Me/My-Rights/Political/Voting-Habit/

3.      3. Labour Party of New Zealand. (3^rd November 2012). Lowering the voting age- We have an opportunity.
Retrieved from http://younglabour.org.nz/we-have-an-opportunity

4.     4. No Author. (June 25^th, 2007) Should the voting age in New Zealand be lowered?. The New Zealand Herald, Retrieved from http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10447072

5.     5. Citizens Advice Bureau. (11^th March 2013) Legal ages and id’s
retrieved from http://www.cab.org.nz/vat/gl/roi/Pages/LegalagesandID.aspx

Voting for 16 year olds

Voting as all of you know is an extremely important part of our lives.
It helps us choose the next best leader to govern our country.
But voting should be left to a number of people who have the potential to understand the deeper parts of elections. Voting is not made on parties because they are "cool" or "gangster". It is entirely based on what the party is going to do for the community and the country.

Parties change. Laws change and so do political leaders. Along with these changes comes new laws and 16 year olds have to come out to learn more about these laws.

I do agree that younger people need to be more interested with politics but to give them the right to vote before they are fully educated will make it hard for them. Many young people do not seem to know about their countries history and how it works to help us and other countries.

There is a saying which goes like this, "Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it". And this may well apply to a lot of teenagers. Not all, but some. But its not just the 16 year olds that I am talking about. Its also the age groups from 18 to 24 which I am also looking at. As you may know a lot of even eligible teens did not vote or showed signs of enthusiasm in voting. I would suggest 16 year olds should involve in politics but as a volunteer, get educated and experienced in the process and be well and truly ready for the next election.