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Proposal would allow DC 16-year-olds to vote for president in 2016
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Posted on 11/05/2015 12:05:36 PM PST by yoe
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To: shibumi
To: oldvirginian
Aufgeblasen Blutegel Bourgeoisie Burokraten.
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posted on
11/05/2015 1:20:31 PM PST
by
shibumi
(A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing This is Black Sunshine)
To: Boogieman
....some lawmakers believe getting students involved at a young age and educating brainwashing them on the issues will help those numbers democrats get elected.... There fixed it
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posted on
11/05/2015 1:23:29 PM PST
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: yuleeyahoo
The merits of meritocracy.
Heinlein was always one of my favorites, which is why (I suppose) I feel such a stranger in this strange land.
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posted on
11/05/2015 1:30:11 PM PST
by
shibumi
(A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing This is Black Sunshine)
To: yoe
Isn’t this Unconstitutional since they’re voting in a Federal Election underage??
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posted on
11/05/2015 1:45:44 PM PST
by
JSDude1
To: lacrew
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posted on
11/05/2015 1:55:21 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. (Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
To: madprof98
Given the state of the public schools in DC, itâs unlikely most 16-year-olds in the district can read. True, but they can be easily manipulated.
To: A_Former_Democrat
I’m with you regarding “skin in the game”...
25 is more like it...18-24 for currently serving or Honorably Discharged Veterans, and can prove it with an HD, DD214 or military ID...
You don’t get to vote at all if you are a not a natural born or naturalized citizen, are a convicted felon or receive any form of public assistance, including no net tax liability...
Non-property tax owning citizens should not get to vote in any election where a tax increase on real property is in at question...
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posted on
11/05/2015 2:19:50 PM PST
by
elteemike
(Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak!)
To: yoe
They did this because of the high percentage of Registered GOP voters in D.C......
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posted on
11/05/2015 2:26:44 PM PST
by
G Larry
(ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
To: shibumi
Ich bin in totalvereinbarung
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posted on
11/05/2015 2:29:50 PM PST
by
oldvirginian
(Hey America, it ain't a refugee migration. It's an Invasion!)
To: yoe
To: yoe
Don't trust anyone over thirty. 52%
To: Boogieman; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker; ...
I think they could actually, the Constitution doesn’t set a federal voting age. 26th amendment guarantees over 18 can vote, that’s it.
DC is sh*t 90% dem so it doesn’t matter what they do. But this is an extremely dangerous idea for any state to adopt. 18 year olds are ignorant enough.
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posted on
11/05/2015 3:10:48 PM PST
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: shibumi
“The voting age needs to be *raised* to 30.
Mandate that the voter have a real job (NOT Government Service)
No one votes who receives welfare or income assistance
(Social Security exempted)
Mandatory Literacy Testing”
Ballots printed in English only.
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posted on
11/05/2015 3:12:32 PM PST
by
duffee
(No money to the Mississippi Republican Party as long as joe nosef is chairman)
To: oldvirginian
I have adopted the habit of using that phrase (all as one word) in common conversation.
I’d like for it to catch on much as Marx did with his “lumpenproletariat.”
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posted on
11/05/2015 3:37:13 PM PST
by
shibumi
(A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing This is Black Sunshine)
To: duffee
I probably should have said “Mandatory *English* Literacy Testing” - but I think most people got the idea.
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posted on
11/05/2015 3:39:18 PM PST
by
shibumi
(A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing This is Black Sunshine)
To: yoe
When I was 16, I wanted Mick Jagger to be president.
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posted on
11/05/2015 3:40:08 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(It's time we sent a junkyard dog to Washington to run the low life out)
To: Politicalkiddo
"Better give them the right to drink alcohol too." I read what I wrote again and I must say...what was I thinking?
The State cannot give anyone rights of any kind.
I should have typed, "Better change the laws to allow them to drink legally too..."
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posted on
11/05/2015 3:41:01 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; BillyBoy; Clintonfatigued; stephenjohnbanker; Perdogg
I concur.
We’re living “Idiocracy”, we really are.
If you haven’t seen that flick yet, you really need to.
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posted on
11/05/2015 5:15:45 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: kingu
I agree. If a dem ever wins 270-268 because of damn DC, I’ll be pissed.
If they want representation in Congress, I’ll lend them mine.
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posted on
11/09/2015 1:00:22 PM PST
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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