Three Democrats and two Republicans in the California Assembly have introduced ACA-8. It would amend the California Constitution to set the voting age at 17. The authors are Democrats Evan Low, Autumn Burke, and Todd Gloria; and Republicans Randy Voepel and Phillip Chen. If the legislature approves the bill in the next few months, then the voters would vote on it in March 2020.
This is why I think the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) which would give all the electoral votes to the person who achieves a plurality of votes is tricky. If CA does this it would increase their overall votes, what if other states tried to match or even out do it? Since there is no set criteria for voters at a national level each state will try to maximize their impact.
That is a good point. That is why there should be a federal law on voter eligibility, so the rules would be the same all across the nation. Article I permits Congress to do this for federal office.
How about make ALL foreigners to be voters in the CA Soviet Socialist Republic [CASSOR] ???
— esp for the NPV scheme from Hell.
The NPV scheme is one more scheme from the RED communist Donkeys — as with RCV.
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Uniform definition of Elector INSIDE the USA.
PR and AppV
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Just on TV —
Trump to declare national emergency —
like American history in reverse — ie KING Donald I or what ???
Who needs the HACKS in the gerrymander Congress and SCOTUS ???
Back to the STONE AGE ???
Tribal gangs killing each other off ???
I beg to differ with Justice Winger —
1-2-1 The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
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17 Amdt, para 1. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
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Const Amdt — Uniform POSITIVE definition of Elector-Voter in ALL of the USA – to END ALL the machinations
— repeal all the negative stuff 14-2, 15, 19, 26 amdts
@RW,
8 justices disagree with you you and Justice Black (see Oregon v Mitchell, and Stevens dissent in Tashjian)
@BL,
One of the Amar brothers has madethe argument that the EC is sexist. If the popular vote was used for president, states would rushed to debauch/enlarge their electorate.
See 1896 results for Colorado relative to 1892.
Letting 17 year olds vote in California while other states do not is no different than the way it was before the constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. A few states allowed women to vote while a majority of states did not. No one complained back then. It wouldn’t be a problem today.
@Robert As long as we keep the electoral college I agree with you. But if the NPVIC gets enough states then it will start affecting thing.
NO mere statutory fixes for FATAL political cancer in regimes.
USA/State regimes >>> ALL minority rule gerrymander oligarchies — evil falsely claiming to be *democracies*.
ALL sorts of FATAL violations of separation of powers – esp. exec vetoes and exec pardons.
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Const Amdt –
PR and AppV
TOTAL SOP