Absolutely INSANE! A 16 y.o. doesn’t have the sense to come out of the rain let alone vote.
Maryland is a joke state....a protectorate of DC.
Will they have a separate ballot in elections that include statewide and presidential races?
I think there could be lawsuits on this very issue. The claim would be “equal protection” of the laws is being denied to these 16 and 17 year old voters. They will claim it’s discriminatory to allow them to vote for city offices, but not for other elective offices on the ballot.
If I’m not mistaken, the voting age is 18 in all states, as the 26th amendment sets that as a minimum voting age. But if states and localities can have an even lower voting age than called for in the 26th amendment, as apparently they can as we see places in Maryland doing this, it’s only a matter of time before we see high school kids voting everywhere.
I hope to be wrong on this prediction. Time will tell.
“We are living in the age of insanity.” - George Putnam
Hyattstown is tiny, with only a very few businesses and residences, so I would not worry too much about this.
How many votes did Justin Bieber get?.............
Much like college kids the high school teachers would have no influence in how they vote.
Bad news is that they honestly think that Bernie Sanders is a genuine somebody and he's the right man for the White House. Aargh.
Deport everyone between the ages of 13 to 30 to Sweden, I say.
Better chance they’re sober...my guess.
Why not let everyone vote? If a 12 year old girl is adult enough to get an abortion without her parents’ permission...
It seems appropriate that in 1981 the Langley Punks made the film Hyattsville Holiday.
Their label was Travesty Films
http://travestyfilms.blogspot.com/p/travesty-filmography.html
What’s more telling about this is that even the 18 year olds have wised up and won’t reliably vote for liberals any more. Once the 16s wise up, they’ll have to lower the voting age to 14, or 12 or 10 or 8.
It is unfair that they stopped at 16 as two year old’s need to vote as well.
What is the legal age to work there (non-agricultural/family farm)?
Sounds like the plot from the movie WILD IN THE STREETS from 1968. I never saw the movie, but I read the story in ESQUIRE MAGAZINE.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_in_the_Streets
Sounds like a city run by democrats who are looking at a fading democrat majority of voters. Wouldn’t be surprised to see the voting age lowered to 7 or less. Think Seattle or San Francisco.
... MD ping
That’s one way to use empty heads to bolster the Rat votes. Gotta hand it to the crooks-—they know all the angles. Meanwhile, the Pubes are scratching themselves.