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Judge: 17-year-olds can vote in Ohio presidential primary
Times Free Press ^ | 3/11/16

Posted on 03/11/2016 2:34:59 PM PST by EBH

Edited on 03/11/2016 3:25:01 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

COLUMBUS, Ohio

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 17yearolds; 2016election; berniesanders; columbus; election2016; ohio; ohioprimary; primary; vermont; vote; votingage
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To: Jarhead9297

so clear they needed a judge’s ruling?


61 posted on 03/11/2016 3:10:47 PM PST by EBH (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: EBH

My bad! You’re stating what I am.mthey are allowed by law to vote in the primary


62 posted on 03/11/2016 3:11:03 PM PST by Jarhead9297
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To: Raycpa

If the state wants to lower the age, then the woding would need to change.

Figure reference would be made to reference 15 ear old and above not being able to be challenged based on age.

18 is the standard now based on the 18 year peg in there.


63 posted on 03/11/2016 3:11:27 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: EBH

The United States Constitution

Article [XXVI.]

Section 1.

The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen 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.


64 posted on 03/11/2016 3:13:17 PM PST by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: EBH

Should be 21.


65 posted on 03/11/2016 3:14:15 PM PST by onedoug
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To: DoughtyOne
If the state wants to lower the age, then the wording would need to change.

Not true. The wording is negative, not positive. It stops a state from banning 18 or older. It doesn't ban a state from allowing younger that 18. I read law all day long. You need to be careful seeing stuff that isn't there. This amendment does not set a minimum age if a state wants to go lower than 18.

66 posted on 03/11/2016 3:16:38 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: DoughtyOne

I’m not really too upset about this. But shouldn’t there be more consistency in relation to “youths”? If they need to be coddled on their parents health insurance policy until they are 26 years old how can they be trusted to make such an important decision as voting for the person to run the country?

Just sayin’.


67 posted on 03/11/2016 3:18:44 PM PST by PeteyBoy (The Wall--Build it and they won't come.)
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To: Roccus

Making the rules is what keeps Congresscritters and Senators employed. Deciding who/what gets the exemption, exception, subsidy, exclusion and/or immunity is how they make their fortunes...

True words.


68 posted on 03/11/2016 3:19:42 PM PST by Shugee
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To: EBH
so clear they needed a judge’s ruling?

Yes because our SOS decided he could change the law on his own. And I like Husted, but he was wrong. Husted could have petitioned the state legislature to change the law, but he didn't.
69 posted on 03/11/2016 3:19:56 PM PST by mmichaels1970 (Hillary lied over four coffins.)
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To: PROCON

Old enough to fight in the military = old enough to vote IMO.


70 posted on 03/11/2016 3:23:32 PM PST by Sans-Culotte ('''Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small''~ Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: grania

She’s feeling the “Bern” and throwing ashtrays.


71 posted on 03/11/2016 3:23:52 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Cruz voters: Wake up! Trump is our only chance of stopping the gopE. If not now, never!)
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To: Shugee; Roccus

Which is why you should support this ruling. This is an Ohio issue. Not a federal one. This is keeping the Feds out of it. As far as the Feds are concerned, as long as anybody over 18 isn’t denied, and as long as they are not denied based on gender or ethnicity, they stay out of it.


72 posted on 03/11/2016 3:26:20 PM PST by mmichaels1970 (Hillary lied over four coffins.)
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To: austinaero

I guess even on Free Republic, the U.S. Constitution means nothing.


73 posted on 03/11/2016 3:27:12 PM PST by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: mmichaels1970; All

To expound: if Ohio were to pass a law that raised the voting age to 19, it would be unconstitutional. If they were to pass a law denying blacks or women, it would be unconstitutional. If the pass a law lowering the voting age to 16, it WOULD be constitutional because they aren’t denying anybody.


74 posted on 03/11/2016 3:29:52 PM PST by mmichaels1970 (Hillary lied over four coffins.)
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To: napscoordinator

I cast my first vote in Indiana in a primary at the age of 17 in 1974. I voted Republican and have done so every election since. My choices on Election Day have very little to do with teachers, age, or the colleges I have degrees from. My biggest influence in politics was always my father, still is and he’s been gone 20 years now.


75 posted on 03/11/2016 3:30:08 PM PST by MNMom
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To: EBH

Hahahahaha. “Perineal” battleground. LOLOL.


76 posted on 03/11/2016 3:31:09 PM PST by refreshed
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To: omegatoo

Aww man! I should read the comments before posting. You beat me to it!


77 posted on 03/11/2016 3:31:53 PM PST by refreshed
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To: Jagdgewehr

This is COMPLETLY constitutional. If you are saying that those who agree with the ruling don’t understand the constitution, you are wrong.


78 posted on 03/11/2016 3:32:25 PM PST by mmichaels1970 (Hillary lied over four coffins.)
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To: DoughtyOne
No it doesn’t.

It says if you are 18 or older, you cannot be denied on the basis of age.

The States can't deny the vote for anyone 18 or over based on age, but that doesn't mean they must deny it for those under 18.

Meanwhile, the States are free to use a coin-toss to choose their electors if they wish. there is no (Federal) Constitutional right for the People to vote for President.

79 posted on 03/11/2016 3:33:28 PM PST by Johnny B. (I'm predicting (3/9/2016) that it will be a Trump/Sanders ticket.)
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To: Red Badger

It’s the adjective form of perineum.

” Anatomy.
1.
the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.


80 posted on 03/11/2016 3:33:57 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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