Senate Committee Passes Bill To Lower Voting Age To 14

Posted: 05.07.04 @ 12:10 a.m. Updated: 05.07.04 @ 12:55 p.m.
Senate Committee Passes Bill To Lower Voting Age To 14

http://sacobserver.com/government/050704/voting_age_bill.shtml

Proposed State Constitutional Amendment Seeks To Increase Participation

By Susie Fowkes | SACOBSERVER.COM WIRE SERVICES

"(BCN) - A bill designed to get youth more involved in the elections process passed the state Senate Committee on Elections and Reappointment on Wednesday, May 5.

SB 1606 by Sen. John Vasconcellos (D-San Jose) would lower the state's legal voting age to 14. The catch is that it would take four 14- or 15-year-olds to make up a whole vote.

The proposed constitutional amendment would give 14- and 15-year-olds 1/4 of a full vote, while 16- and 17-year-olds would get 1/2 a full vote.

Vasconcellos dubbed his bill "Training Wheels for Citizenship," and says it is designed to encourage early and regular voter participation among young Californians by affording them a real live stake in the political process."

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Horseshit!

This is nothing more than an attempt by the Democraps in California, to manipulate children into permanently keeping them in power. These children will be lead by the socialist/communist teachers into voting for the Democraps.

People do not like conspiracy theories because they have been programmed to, but this is a prime example, just as motor/voter is!

--WP