[Java4Jay]

Seven of the 13 members of the D.C. Council are backing the measure, advocates of the proposal told WUSA-TV.

[Slyfox]

That means that 16 year-old illegals are now going to be able to vote.

Is there no shame?

[max americana]

why not go 8 year old you pathetic jackholes

[ealgeone]

Yet another reason why DC is not supposed to be given the same rights as a state.

[polymuser]

Good night, America.
Good morning, Lord of the Flies.

[Thrownatbirth]

What’e the worse they can do? Elect a convicted felon?

[2harddrive]

Can 16-year-old’s buy guns in DC? Regulations to vote should be the same as for buying guns.

[PIF]

“... lower the age to vote in federal and local elections to 16.”

—
The official stated that if all the kids vote often and well, they will consider lowering the age to vote in federal and local elections to 16 months ...

[hadaclueonce]

Do they have to eat Tide Pod and suck a rubber up their noses first?

[elpadre]

I suggest they check out what the US Constitution says.

[slag]

In this day and age of liberal thinking there is no need to change the voting age, the children can now just self-identify as a 23 year old and legally vote. We have truly become a banana republic, Pres. Trump is our last hope before all is lost.

[advance_copy]

End home rule now.

[miss marmelstein]

Then make them eligible for the draft and allow them to drink and drug.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

I think that lowering the voting age in DC to 16 is a Capitol idea! They should go ahead with the change on a trial basis. They should reduce the voting age only for the election of the DC representative to the Senate. 😜

[Yo-Yo]

Local elections? Okay, that’s up to them. Federal elections? Not without a Constitutional Amendment, they’re not.

[fruser1]

They can vote to lower the age for booze and smokes.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"DC considers letting 16-year-olds vote."

Figuratively speaking, they already do.
 

[bgill]

Then they should have the right to purchase guns, drink, smoke, drive, run for office and drop out of school. All child welfare and child support payments should be stopped the day they turn 16.

[Lean-Right]

Why not? I’ve never met a 16 year
old who didn’t know more than I do.
/sarc for sure...

[Boomer]

Wait! If they are too young to buy a gun; they are too young to vote.

[oldbill]

and carry guns, and have sex without fear of sex offender status, and get drafted, and get thrown off daddy’s health insurance, and have their names published when they commit a crime, and get treated like adult criminals, and pay off their debts, and . . .

I’m starting to think this may be a good deal for the rest of the country.