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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So in DC criminals can be treated as “juveniles”  up to the age of 24 or 25 because their brains are still developing.  But vote at 14 — no problem!  [/quote]

+1000 double standard[/quote]

There is no double-standard.

The voting age in local elections has long been 16.[/quote]

This is just false.  Nobody under the age of 18 has ever voted in a city election in DC.  It has happened in a few local municipalities.  But it is vanishingly rare, and recent nationwide.[/quote]

This is not false at all.  What YOU claim is false, PP.  why are you lying?? (MAGA maybe?).[/quote]

PP here.

[b]Can you point me to something showing that anyone under the age 0f 18 has ever voted in DC[/b]?
No state and less than 25 cities confined to three states allow voting under the age of 18.

Listen, I am on the fence about lowering the voting age in local elections.  I'm not arguing for or against it.
I am disputing the inaccurate statement that "the voting age in local elections has long been 16." This is not true, at least in general elections.[/quote]

Still waiting on an answer to the bolded.

And I think we should be clear that NOWHERE has anyone under the age of 18 voted in federal elections.[/quote]

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