Dupontster
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Would it be possible for Trump to enact an executive order to make voter ID mandatory? Asking for a friend.. I know if he did, the Lib heads would explode..
I don't think so (but, I'm not sure).Would it be possible for Trump to enact an executive order to make voter ID mandatory? Asking for a friend.. I know if he did, the Lib heads would explode..
In this distant past, voting HAS been tied to land ownership.Not that it would ever happen, but I'd like to see voting tied to land ownership. That way voters would have some skin in the game. The entitled are always going to vote for whomever gives them the most for the least effert.
In this distant past, voting HAS been tied to land ownership.
And, living - like, living in a certain district where one votes, or, being the living being you say you are, or, just being alive.It would be nice if these days it were tied to citizenship.
Are you asking this because you want mandatory ID? Or just because you want to watch lib heads to explode?Would it be possible for Trump to enact an executive order to make voter ID mandatory? Asking for a friend.. I know if he did, the Lib heads would explode..
Any objections to either ?Are you asking this because you want mandatory ID? Or just because you want to watch lib heads to explode?
Nope! Just curious....Any objections to either ?
Would it be possible for Trump to enact an executive order to make voter ID mandatory?
Neither one would hurt my feelings..Are you asking this because you want mandatory ID? Or just because you want to watch lib heads to explode?
Nope, elections are a state function, they could permit 10 year old vote.
No, that's not true. The states cannot restrict someone at least 18 from voting. They can't say, "you must be 21", but they CAN say, "you can be 14".That is true for state and local elections. For federal elections, the voting age is 18 and states cannot change that.
No, that's not true. The states cannot restrict someone at least 18 from voting. They can't say, "you must be 21", but they CAN say, "you can be 14".
The text of the 26th amendment:
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Like with the other "rights" defined by the constitution, they are not actually defining "rights", they are defining limitations on government (and should be thought of as such). In this case, the government (state and federal) is limited in that it cannot deny someone 18 or older from voting on account of age. But, they CAN say that a 14 year old can vote. That would not violate such a limitation.
What stops them, except their own laws that they can change if they so choose? I've shown you the 26th amendment, and that aint it. So, what is it that stops a state from allowing a 14 year old to vote?States cannot allow a 14 year old to vote in a federal election. The minimum age is 18.
What stops them, except their own laws that they can change if they so choose? I've shown you the 26th amendment, and that aint it. So, what is it that stops a state from allowing a 14 year old to vote?
They could have, but there was an issue of people younger wanting to vote, and some could not (while others could, depending on the state). So, Nixon signed into law a bill requiring all states to register those 18 and older. He didn't think it was constitutional to do so (since it was the state's right to decide, per the tenth amendment), and SCOTUS agreed in Oregon v. Mitchell.If, as you say, nothing is stopping them, why was the 26th Amendment even needed? The states could've lowered the voting age on their own.
Not that it would ever happen, but I'd like to see voting tied to land ownership. That way voters would have some skin in the game. The entitled are always going to vote for whomever gives them the most for the least effert.
This is a common misconception, taught to us by biased and inept schools, about the 19th amendment for women's suffrage, too. Nothing stopped women from voting except state laws. Most states allowed women to vote at the time of the 19th amendment - many women voted for the right to vote, which is crazy to me that this information is not common knowledge.If, as you say, nothing is stopping them, why was the 26th Amendment even needed? The states could've lowered the voting age on their own.