therealbear@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Vivek Ramaswamy calls Juneteenth 'useless' 2 months after posting a video celebrating itEnglish
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1 year agoI agreed with his getting rid of affirmative action, and increasing the voting age, but this one is crazy. What benefit is there to this.
EDIT: I’m already downvoted to hell but please look into his actual proposal, which I touched on below. The vast majority of 18-25 year olds who want to vote would still be able to, just with an extra step.
His proposal is raising it to 26 unless you’re 18 or older and
a) have passed a civics test (same one that all immigrants are required to pass for citizenship)
or
b) have served in the military
I really don’t think this is unreasonable. That being said I think the age minimum for military eligibility should be raised as well…in my opinion most people this young are not mature enough to rationally make these big decisions.