Everyone should have the vote, including those between ages 0 and 18. Grannies should be entrusted with a proxy vote for potential electors in a family and, to avoid an absurd kick-in point where one day you can and the next day you can't, it would be up to each granny to decide (according to agreed
subjective criteria, of course) when the subject has reached sufficient maturity to vote (or not to vote) wisely. Wasn't it Samuel Johnson who, at 6 months (when most of us are 'goo-gooing' our way to adulthood), when approached in his pram by a stranger simpering the normal 'Ooh, isn't he a pretty boy?' platitude, felled the lady with a stern 'I refute that statement'? This method would also possess the important social benefit of encouraging the young to respect their elders.
