i think it makes sense for voting age to be 16 at least in some cases; internationally it’s not that weird of a policy. actually i think a big problem would just be the logistics of carrying it out: since the US doesn’t inherently have distinct election dates for municipal, local, state, and federal elections, it’s possible for all of them to be on the same ballot (meaning you could be eligible to vote in some races but not others and you’d be potentially committing a crime if you did).
that’s a solution–but i’m guessing that’d singlehandedly double the additional overhead and complexity for printing and sending out ballots, on top of what those already have to account for.
@Nougat@Cube6392@alyaza that wouldn’t achieve the goal of locking up as many untermenschen as possible. Remember the time a black person asked the government if she could vote and they said yes, then she got a long prison sentence for illegally voting?
i think it makes sense for voting age to be 16 at least in some cases; internationally it’s not that weird of a policy. actually i think a big problem would just be the logistics of carrying it out: since the US doesn’t inherently have distinct election dates for municipal, local, state, and federal elections, it’s possible for all of them to be on the same ballot (meaning you could be eligible to vote in some races but not others and you’d be potentially committing a crime if you did).
DC and cities in three states allow noncitizen to vote in local elections, so clearly there’s a way to get it done. I suspect it’s as Nougat suggests, a separate ballot for non-citizens and/or under-18 voters.
So there’s two ballots instead of one. They already give you the ballot for the specific district you’re in when you go to vote now. Problem solved.
that’s a solution–but i’m guessing that’d singlehandedly double the additional overhead and complexity for printing and sending out ballots, on top of what those already have to account for.
@Nougat @Cube6392 @alyaza that wouldn’t achieve the goal of locking up as many untermenschen as possible. Remember the time a black person asked the government if she could vote and they said yes, then she got a long prison sentence for illegally voting?