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Washington, DC, could let 16-year-olds vote for president
AP via Yahoo ^ | 11/02/2018 | AP

Posted on 11/02/2018 8:23:24 AM PDT by DFG

The Washington, D.C., City Council is preparing to vote on a bill to lower the voting age to 16 for all elections, both local and federal.

WTOP-FM reports the bill won 3-0 approval in the Judiciary and Public Safety committee Thursday and will get a final vote before the full council this month.

The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizens 18 and older the right to vote, but scholars have said it doesn't prevent a state, or in this case, the nation's capital, from setting a lower age.

Council member Charles Allen says his bill will "enfranchise the District's young people and bring their voices into the political process."

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To: a fool in paradise

Yep, same reason they love illegals and anchor babies. This would get them the anchor baby vote 2 extra years.


21 posted on 11/02/2018 8:38:08 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: ps
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
22 posted on 11/02/2018 8:38:20 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Captain Peter Blood
I don’t think this can happen. It took an Amendment to change it from 21 to 18, This is will be a case going to the court.

Of course it can. You don't need a Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age.

The 26th Amendment did not lower the voting age to 18, it prohibited states from prohibiting anyone 18 or older from voting due to age. The Constitution doesn't prohibit states from setting a lower voting age. Before 1970, four states had voting ages under 21. In 1970, Congress lowered the voting age nationally to 18 with the Voting Rights Act extension, and the Supreme Court held that this was constitutional with regard to federal (but not state or local) elections in Oregon v. Mitchell. The 26th Amendment was then proposed and ratified in 1971.
23 posted on 11/02/2018 8:38:38 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: tomkat

“The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.”


24 posted on 11/02/2018 8:38:48 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: Blue House Sue

Frankly you should only vote if your 25 or older. Maybe even 35.


25 posted on 11/02/2018 8:39:16 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: ConservativeMind

Simple solution … they belong to no state therefore DC residents lose the right to vote for President if they do this. Their elector is rescinded.


26 posted on 11/02/2018 8:39:17 AM PDT by RainMan (rainman)
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To: DFG

They’ll vote about as often as 18 year olds do. Maybe less.


27 posted on 11/02/2018 8:39:32 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: frank ballenger; from occupied ga

"...voting stuff on Nick Jr. and video game pals..."


After snacking on some Tide Pod laundry detergent they could wash it down with Mountain Dew and head for the polls.

28 posted on 11/02/2018 8:40:29 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: tomkat
Where in that text does it say that a state must deny the right to vote to citizens under the age of 18?
29 posted on 11/02/2018 8:40:35 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: Blue House Sue
See the emphasis in #22.
Punctuation matters.

The marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

30 posted on 11/02/2018 8:40:52 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: A_Former_Democrat
FOURTEEN OR FIGHT!!

FOURTEEN OR FIGHT!!

FOURTEEN OR FIGHT!!

NOTHIN' CAN CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THINGS

NOTHIN' CAN CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THINGS

NOTHIN' CAN CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME!!!

31 posted on 11/02/2018 8:42:06 AM PDT by OKSooner
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To: OKSooner

It’s all fun and games until they start introducing LSD into the water supply....


32 posted on 11/02/2018 8:44:00 AM PDT by Eepsy
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To: 3boysdad

Why not the lunatics are in charge of parts of the asylum.


33 posted on 11/02/2018 8:44:09 AM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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To: The Pack Knight

https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxvi


34 posted on 11/02/2018 8:44:24 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: tomkat

It does not prohibit a state from setting a voting age of less than 18, it only states that citizens 18 and older cannot be denied the right to vote.


35 posted on 11/02/2018 8:44:43 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: Blue Jays

You saw the future. LOL.


36 posted on 11/02/2018 8:44:47 AM PDT by frank ballenger ("End vote fraud,noncitizens & illegals voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
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To: Blue House Sue

Ok, have it your way .. but do get back to us when the courts refuse even to hear it.


37 posted on 11/02/2018 8:45:56 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Eepsy

“We’re gonna put everybody over twelve out of business.”


38 posted on 11/02/2018 8:47:47 AM PDT by OKSooner
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To: butlerweave

“More GOP votes ?”

No way. With the educational programming being done by the libs in our “so called” public school education it is just another way to pad the voting registration with either an un-knowledgeable or immature thinking brainwashed child whose life time has not supplied them with the experiences or practicalities important to decision making on a grand scale like a presidential decision.

Learning how to drive a car, which is the only adult thing assigned to them lawfully, they can do but you see with the statistics of the mortality rates of youth drivers in this country, and the world, how that is a failure in itself.

According to the CDC, among drivers between 15 and 20 years of age who were involved in fatal crashes in 2016, 32% were speeding at the time of the crash and 21% had been drinking. In 2016, young people ages 15-19 represented 6.5% of the U.S. population. However, they accounted for an estimated $13.6 billion (8.4%) of the total costs of motor vehicle injuries. This sound like they are mature enough to make decisions as a whole? And remember, this is not a selective process to “promote them to adulthood, it is blanket.

rwood


39 posted on 11/02/2018 8:48:38 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: DFG

Are they ready to be drafted? To be held accountable as adults in court cases? That’s how 18 year-olds rate the privilege of voting.


40 posted on 11/02/2018 8:50:23 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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