The way I look at it, what better people to be able to cast a vote? Depending on the changes in the country in the past sixty or so years, you'd think they have enough experience and knowledge about each party to be able to decide what they want. I mean, you wouldn't give a fifteen year old the vote because they have no experience/acquired knowledge in order to vote - it would be a wasted poll for a joke or a parent/guardians second vote.

I totally agree that change is a good thing, but it might not always be the best thing. Why fix what's not broken?

I will say that some old people probably shouldn't vote. My grandmother thinks she's constantly right, and only seems to see/hear/feel what she wants to (apparently, I pushed an 87 year old over the other day, when all I did was carefully walk past her in the hallway... and she was still standing up perfectly fine when she made the allegations).

If anything, perhaps mental state of people over a certain age should be carefully considered before voting cards are handed out to them? Because giving a senile old woman a voting card sounds like an awesome waste of time.