Should the voting age be 16?

If someone can be drafted, they should be able to vote

Question: Should the voting age be 16?
Position‹2 of 3›: No, the voting age is fine as it is
Argument‹3 of 3: If someone can be drafted, they should be able to vote

If one can be forced to fight in a war, one should be able to help shape their country.

The argument

This is an old one, but still relevant today. The draft still exists. The Selective Service Act requires all males, beginning at age 18, to register for the draft. If one is old enough to die for their country, they should be able to vote. Taking a young person's ability to vote may take away the pride and civic duty they feel for their country. Permission to vote alongside the registration of the draft instills major responsibility, one that can't be understood by a sixteen-year old.

Premises

[P1]At 18, men must register for the draft and can be called to die for their country. [P2] Anyone old enough to be drafted to die for their country should be old enough to vote. [P3] Tying the vote to draft registration at 18 instils a civic responsibility a sixteen-year-old cannot yet grasp. [C] Therefore, because the draft and the vote rightly align at 18, the voting age is fine as it is.

Counter-arguments

Although the draft still exists, it's not as relevant as it once was. Perhaps it may be in the future, but in today's terms it makes no sense to base the minimum age to vote after the age of draft registration.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P1] Registering for the draft is not a declaration of patriotism. [Rejecting P2] Voting is a right, not an act of patriotism.