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Vivek Ramaswamy Wants to Raise Voting Age to 25 (or have a "competency test" for people 18-25)
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this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
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Do we need to care what this guy thinks?
Not yet but I wouldn't be suprised to see Trump and/or Desantis pick this idea up. Also, I think its both 1. funny and 2. telling how scared they are of gen z.
It certainly opens a can of worms though, I can see the democrats pushing for 16 (Scotland's done the same and it's further pushed the conservatives out of power there).
It'll also be far easier to fight the GOP proposal in court as there will be people who are actively disenfranchised by raising the age, but it's not clear that existing voters could have standing to sue if we enfranchise younger people.
It is literally enshrined in the 26th admendment.
Do you think they have the votes for a constitutional amendment undoing the 26th? I don't.
It is just something they can run on and never mention again once elected because it has zero chance. Their followers will forget anyway, they always do, just like how they "forgot" they supported Bush and an illegal war in Iraq.