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Democrats push to amend Constitution so 16-year-olds can vote
« on: January 13, 2023, 02:21:52 pm »
January 13, 2023 2:00am EST
Democrats push to amend Constitution so 16-year-olds can vote
House Democrats did nothing to advance similar proposal when they controlled Congress last year

By Peter Kasperowicz | Fox News

   More than a dozen House Democrats this week proposed an amendment to the Constitution to allow 16-year-olds to vote in an apparent attempt to make it easier to enact left-leaning policies like gun control and pro-environmental measures.

Democratic Rep. Grace Meng of New York introduced a resolution that would do away with the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, which allows U.S. citizens to vote if they are at least 18 years of age. The resolution would replace that with new language that says: "The right of citizens of the United States, who are sixteen 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."

Meng hadn’t released a statement on her proposal by early Thursday afternoon. But she released a statement in the last Congress, indicating a belief that lowering the voting age by amending the Constitution would let younger people have a say on many of the positions supported by Democrats.

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Re: Democrats push to amend Constitution so 16-year-olds can vote
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2023, 02:27:15 pm »
How about we raise the voting age to 21?

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Re: Democrats push to amend Constitution so 16-year-olds can vote
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2023, 02:37:33 pm »
I think the voiting age was reduced from 21 to 18 during the Vietnam Era because 18 was the age of the military draft at the time.

They also lowered the drinking age from 21 to 18 during this era, but set it back to 21 in the 1980s to fight drunk driving.

Democrats want to lower the voting age because teenagers are sheeple brainwashed by the public woke indoctrination camps (public schools).
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Re: Democrats push to amend Constitution so 16-year-olds can vote
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2023, 06:00:28 am »
How about we raise the voting age to 21?

I was thinking 30

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Re: Democrats push to amend Constitution so 16-year-olds can vote
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2023, 01:30:19 pm »
Todays 16 year olds don't know what bathroom to use.
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Re: Democrats push to amend Constitution so 16-year-olds can vote
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2023, 05:44:02 am »
How can anyone take Democommies seriously?  Every idea they have is more ludicrous than the next.

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Re: Democrats push to amend Constitution so 16-year-olds can vote
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2023, 09:33:13 am »
Not popular, but voting age of 30, must own 5 acres of land and male....

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