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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: mph who wrote (4851)3/10/2004 10:23:54 AM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (3) of 90947
 
A proposed amendment to California's constitution would give 16-year-olds a half-vote and 14-year-olds a quarter-vote in state elections.
State Sen. John Vasconcellos, among four lawmakers to propose the idea on Monday, said the Internet, cellular phones, multichannel television and a diverse society makes today's teens better informed than their predecessors, the Associated Press reports.
The idea requires two-thirds approval by the Legislature to appear on the November ballot.
A Republican state senator called it "the nuttiest idea I've ever heard."
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