There MUST be a minimum AND a maximum voting age
Define Must:
auxiliary verb
to be obliged or bound to by an imperative requirement:I must keep my word.
to be under the necessity to; need to:Animals must eat to live.
to be required or compelled to, as by the use or threat of force:You must obey the law.
Since Pro did not outline or restrict certain scenarios from being considered by this debate, the scope of this debate will be within any setting in which voting is possible.
Define Age:
noun
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
a period of human life, measured by years from birth, usually marked by a certain stage or degree of mental or physical development and involving legal responsibility and capacity:
Define Vote:
verb (used without object), vot·ed, vot·ing.
to express or signify will or choice in a matter, as by casting a ballot:Only three Republicans broke with their party to vote against the measure.Don’t blame me if this film gives you nightmares—I voted for the romcom.
"Voting" is used as a verb so this entry is used.
Ballot definition:
noun
a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
the method of secret voting by means of printed or written ballots or by means of voting machines.
Therefore, the topic reads as:
There must be a maximum age and a minimum age for the action of expressing opinions using paper.
Other societies
Since Pro gave no bounds, we could assume a hypothetical society where people live forever(but is not immune to damage, so people can still die by car crashes), can transmit memories between individuals, and attains the same level of intelligence since birth and until death. In this case, an upper bound and a lower bound is useless.
Cryonics
In this society, we could freeze people reversibly for an indefinitely long time period so they could technically exist for far longer periods of time than the average person. A person born in 2000, being put in cryonics, may be alive at the year of 2300 at the age of 300. In this case, denying him the right to vote because he is way too old does not make sense.
Ballots
It is simple. We as students all love to vote for our favorite movies when our parents allow our friends to come over for the night. If this process of expressing preferences was done with sheets of paper where people write their opinions down, this counts as actual, not figurative, voting. As long as an individual can write, he/she/they can vote because voting is essentially voicing one's opinion along with any others by writing on a sheet of paper on any issue, no matter how old or young. This process may be on pretty much any topic, including such as which president would you like to have for the next 4 years, what colored shirt should Suzanna get for Black Friday, What activity to have fun with the next party...etc. They all counts, and outlawing the usage of papers for young and old people robs the fun out of it. You don't want to do that, do you?
I rest my case.
It's to give the other person an extended round to respond.
Yeah. Why not have conditions placed on rights. Sounds like a greeeeeeat plan...
I'm kind of new here.
Why were you saying "extend" in the arguments?
Now to reveal the answer: The "must" can mean that "There has to be a maximum and minimum in voting age". The existence of at least one voter guarantees that the voting age has a maximum value and a minimum value, which means the topic can be interpreted as true.
Sadly my opponent didn't see it.
I see a way Pro can absolute crush my argument by seeing something I have seen but have not used because it would kill my side absolutely. Try to find it.
No, it is not going to. The title, the entirety of it, will.
That all caps MUST is most likely going to decide this debate.