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Vermont town could let those ages 16, 17, vote locally
Associated Press ^ | Mar. 1, 2015 9:09 AM EST

Posted on 03/01/2015 7:20:29 AM PST by Olog-hai

Residents of Brattleboro, Vermont, will vote on a ballot item that would let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in local elections.

Vermont’s current voting age is 18, and that wouldn’t change for state and federal elections. The proposal by Brattleboro resident Kurt Daims would move the minimum age two years younger for town elections. …

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: brattleboro; localelections; teenagers; votingrights
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To: Olog-hai

Let a teenager vote while they still know everything.


21 posted on 03/01/2015 8:37:21 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: Olog-hai

The leftists in Scotland did this scam during the so called Independence from England vote.

They dropped the voting age to 16 and demanded the Scottish Pubs stay open for a 24 hour period to serve these useful idiots.

They almost won using this trick and you know damn well our Communist Dem party watch and learned a new trick.


22 posted on 03/01/2015 8:51:20 AM PST by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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To: Olog-hai

As long as the candidates are 16 and 17 years old.


23 posted on 03/01/2015 8:55:11 AM PST by windcliff
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Funny how the socialists in Scotland call themselves the “Scottish National Party”. What does that make them sound like?
24 posted on 03/01/2015 9:06:47 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

They should let 16-17 year-old in Guatemala vote in Vermont local elections.


25 posted on 03/01/2015 9:52:42 AM PST by Thud
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To: Olog-hai

Is the left getting hard up in Vermont?


26 posted on 03/01/2015 12:12:46 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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