And why stop at 14? Why not let pre-teens vote? How about giving two \n A proposed amendment to California’s constitution would give 16-year-olds State Sen. John Vasconcellos, among four lawmakers to propose the idea on Monday, The idea requires two-thirds approval by the Legislature to appear on the November "When we gave the vote to those who didn’t own property, then to women, from SFGate.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It had to happen. Legislators in California, America’s Fountain of Youth Worship, have proposed lowering the voting age for state elections to 14! The idea seems to be that by empowering teenagers at an earlier age, we will expand diversity … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/babyvote.jpg\")
It
\n had to happen. Legislators in California, America’s Fountain of Youth
\n Worship, have proposed lowering
\n the voting age for state elections
\n to
\n 14! The idea seems to be that by empowering teenagers at an earlier age,
\n we will expand diversity and democracy. We will also probably end
\n up with Keanu Reeves as Governor and the Olsen twins as co-Attorney’s
\n General. <\/em><\/p>\n
\n votes to pregnant women? After all, the unborn life in their wombs will
\n have to abide by the decisions and policies of the winners of the elections.
\n Fair is fair.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n a half-vote and 14-year-olds a quarter-vote in state elections.<\/p>\n
\nsaid the Internet, cellular phones, multichannel television and a diverse society
\nmakes today’s teens better informed than their predecessors.<\/p>\n
\nballot.<\/p>\n
\nthen to persons of all colors, we added to the richness of our democratic dialogue
\nand our own nation’s integrity and its model for the world," Vasconcellos
\nsaid, calling it time to further extend the vote.<\/p>\n