If 16 year olds are voting in the elections in DC, the entire vote for DC should be disqualified.
They would say, “DAT’S WAYSIS!”...............
Hell, lower it to 4 years old...The way they act, it seems that’s the age on most of Congress....
“If 16 year olds are voting in the elections in DC, the entire vote for DC should be disqualified.”
The District of Columbia was created by the gift of land by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the federal government. In 1846 the federal government returned the land that now constitutes Arlington to Virginia while keeping the tract that was formerly in Maryland.
The best thing for the nation is for the federal government to give back to Maryland the land it donated. The federal government can hold onto the non residential land occupied by federal buildings and monuments, with the exception of the White House which should remain federal. Doing so will allow the residents of DC to be represented in Congress by the congress critters and Senators who represent Maryland so the argument that DC residents are not represented goes away. In addition, the federal government can stop subsidizing the DC government. The federal government lands remaining will interact with Maryland and local government the same way the federal government interacts with the state of Virginia and Arlington with respect to the parkland and federal buildings on the Virginia side of the Potomac (Pentagon, Arlington Cemetery, Fort Myer).
As to 16 year olds voting, the Constitution does not restrict states from allowing citizens younger than age 18 to vote. Unless a constitutional amendment is passed to set a minimum voting age, states are free to extend the voting franchise to any citizen and are free to permit non-citizens to vote in state and local elections.
The 26th Amendment does seem to restrict voting in federal elections to citizens. However, since the states administer the polling places, and determine if voter ID is required or not, it is nearly impossible for the federal government to enforce verification of citizenship at polling locations if the state chooses not to enforce voter laws. Some states allow voting by mail so it is not possible to even verify a registered voter (citizen or not) filled out the mail-in ballots. It is likely voting via the internet will some day be authorized by some states and localities.