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Voting at 16 in S.F.? Supervisor says the time has come
San Francisco Examiner ^ | March 15, 2015 | Emily Green

Posted on 03/17/2015 10:39:19 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey

ixteen-year-olds can drive, work, pay taxes and be sentenced to life in prison. Now, some want the right to vote, too. On Tuesday, San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos will attempt to make that happen by introducing a measure that would extend the right to vote to 16- and 17-year-olds. Avalos and other supporters say it will encourage civic engagement among youths and instill in them lifelong voting habits at a time when turnout is low.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; insanity; sanfrancisco; voting
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1 posted on 03/17/2015 10:39:19 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey
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With the current state of education in the US, this is the youngest age at which the voter can discern between an R and a D.


2 posted on 03/17/2015 10:41:20 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (/s /s /s /s /s, my replies are "liberally" sprinkled with them behind every word and letter.!)
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How about we limit voting to only those of latino heritage?

That ought to please the Democrats and the GOP establishment.


3 posted on 03/17/2015 10:42:54 AM PDT by Pelham (The refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Sixteen or sixty, they’re all the same in that city.


4 posted on 03/17/2015 10:45:12 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: MeshugeMikey

They must be running short of adult felons in “Baghdad by the Bay”.


5 posted on 03/17/2015 10:46:09 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: MeshugeMikey

This is certainly reasonable.

And, furthermore... if lots of folks vote in the afterlife, shouldn’t the beforelife be franchised as well? I think the latter would be very adamant about how they vote on some issues. For instance, abortion comes to mind.


6 posted on 03/17/2015 10:46:35 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: MeshugeMikey

From what I have witnessed, 16 year olds today have the maturity and education of 12 year olds of 50 years ago.


7 posted on 03/17/2015 10:47:16 AM PDT by falcon99
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To: MeshugeMikey

I keep waiting for an earthquake that will finish off Granolastan.


8 posted on 03/17/2015 10:47:36 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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children of the corn ... village of the damned


9 posted on 03/17/2015 10:48:55 AM PDT by knarf (linton's started)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Why not make it 9 or 10? At that age many are already on drugs and are basically illiterate so that you can do like the third world,or MacDonalds print pictures on the ballots and bribe them with a hit or a Twinkie. One more time around and Obama won’t allow elections anyway.


10 posted on 03/17/2015 10:49:01 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Why? Don’t they have enough clueless, juvenile liberal voters in S.F. as it is?


11 posted on 03/17/2015 10:50:00 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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Maybe it's time to move the voting age back to 21.

So many of the occupiers appeared to be in their teens.

...I've never seen so many people with negative IQ’s...

12 posted on 03/17/2015 10:50:46 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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Why not just be honest and limit all voting to registered Democrats and be done with it.


13 posted on 03/17/2015 10:54:14 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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but 16yrs can't drive and have a restricted license...they can't drink....they aren't allowed to use weed...they can't use tanning beds....they can't use e-cigs...they can't gamble at the casinos...and they can't buy alcohol nor tobacco....

yeah, but they can vote...

btw, I understand that the communist in Argentina pulled this same crap....

14 posted on 03/17/2015 10:57:37 AM PDT by cherry
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16 year olds have no business voting. For that matter, many adults have no business voting. Just another ploy by the left to make sure they can grab some sure votes.


15 posted on 03/17/2015 10:58:02 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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When I was 16 I was concerned with only two things: Girls and girls.......................


16 posted on 03/17/2015 11:02:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Pelham

Shhhhhhhhhhhh...

Not too loud.


17 posted on 03/17/2015 11:03:00 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Using two examples both endorsed by these Liberals: They are responsible enough to vote at 16, but not responsible enough to be expected to get health insurance on their own at 25.


18 posted on 03/17/2015 11:03:08 AM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: MeshugeMikey

Sixteen year olds in Louisiana can now register to vote when they get their driver’s license. Signed into law by Jindal.


19 posted on 03/17/2015 11:03:51 AM PDT by odawg
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hence I suggest...that we raise the voting age...particulary in Scam Framcrisco...to 25!!


20 posted on 03/17/2015 11:04:16 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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