Raise the voting age to 25

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February 04, 2026, 11:53 AM

parabellum

Raise the voting age to 25

Enough with the ignorant, virtue-signaling infants

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February 04, 2026, 12:07 PM

bcereuss

I'd actually prefer a civics test, current events test and economics test to obtain one's voting license.

Also-when voting on property tax levies-Voter must provide their property tax statement to be eligible to vote.

February 04, 2026, 12:15 PM

83v45magna

Many people favor this. Para's phrasing "infants" is accurate. It has already been fully acknowledged that kids at 18 still act like kids into their 30's at least.

And...

Robert Heinlein wrote about military service being a prerequisite to the right to vote (along with full citizenship rights in the novel 'Starship Troopers'.

February 04, 2026, 12:25 PM

FiveFiveSixFan

quote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
IQ testing and ability to understand current events.

How would that comport with the 24th amendment to the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

February 04, 2026, 12:35 PM

slosig

I gotta say I like the idea, but with respect to the comment about “the ignorant, virtue signaling idiots” how do we deal with those who refuse to grow out of that phase of their life?

25 is probably better than 18, but some folks just never get there.

February 04, 2026, 12:36 PM

barndg00

I'm in my 40s, but I believe that if you can be drafted, you should be able to vote.

February 04, 2026, 12:36 PM

ss9961

quote:
Originally posted by FiveFiveSixFan:
quote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
IQ testing and ability to understand current events.

How would that comport with the 24th amendment to the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Der de der constitution blah blah voting rights…
SHUT UP!!!!!

February 04, 2026, 12:43 PM

chellim1

quote:
plus you have to be a net payer of taxes.

+1

The United States began its great democratic experiment in the late 1700s by granting the right to vote to a narrow subset of society — white male landowners.

The modern equivalent would be a net payer of income taxes. That's only about 50% of the population. I'd be fine with expanding that, if we spread the tax burden to more people.

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February 04, 2026, 12:45 PM

chuck416

quote:
Originally posted by barndg00:
I'm in my 40s, but I believe that if you can be drafted, you should be able to vote.

Well, there is no more draft...so, there's that.
btw, I served. Navy guy.

February 04, 2026, 12:49 PM

PHPaul

quote:
Originally posted by 83v45magna:
Many people favor this. Para's phrasing "infants" is accurate. It has already been fully acknowledged that kids at 18 still act like kids into their 30's at least.

And...

Robert Heinlein wrote about military service being a prerequisite to the right to vote (along with full citizenship rights in the novel 'Starship Troopers'.

This. Equivalent civilian service (a'la Peace Corps, but in the United States) would be acceptable.

Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.

February 04, 2026, 12:50 PM

PHPaul

quote:
Originally posted by bcereuss:
I'd actually prefer a civics test, current events test and economics test to obtain one's voting license.

Also-when voting on property tax levies-Voter must provide their property tax statement to be eligible to vote.

And this.

Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.

February 04, 2026, 12:50 PM

stoic-one

Clarifying voting standards is not federalizing elections.

quote:
Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution; The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

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February 04, 2026, 12:52 PM

jgerge222

Boy, it is a good thing we were all so intelligent and worldly wise when we were in our late teens and early 20s

February 04, 2026, 12:57 PM

newtoSig765

When I was 18 I was eligible for the draft but the voting age then was 21.

I could have served (good lottery number, plus I was in ROTC), but was still immature enough that I tended to support Democrat candidates (my father voted Dem, therefore I should kinda logic).

By the time I was 21 I was smart enough that I never, then or now, voted for any Democrat. I may have voted for H Ross Perot, don't remember, but never a Dem.

I think at least 25 with solid proof of citizenship should be the minimum.

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