The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL February 27, 1964, Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service: Lowering the Minimum Voting Age to 18 Years Pros and Cons June 8, 1966 1966-06-08 Jones, Doris https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 88th (1963-1965) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Everett Dirksen Working Papers, Box 5, Folder 363 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/papers/ EMD_Working_Papers-f363-1966_06_08 https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD_Working_Papers-f363-1966_06_08.pdf https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD_Working_Papers-f363-1966_06_08.pdf minutes (administrative records) Government Operations and Politics; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Law Jones, Doris Pros And Cons To Lowering The Voting Age To 18. Pros Include: Rising Level Of Education, Idealism And Enthusiasm Of Young People, "old Enough To Fight Old Enough To Vote", Legally Of Age, And Important Aspect Of Training For Youth Citizenship. Cons Include: Lack Of Maturity, Other Representative Democracies Have Voting Age Of 21, And Voting Should Not Be The Training Grounds For Citizenship. Text