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Dan Celia for CBN: The Left’s Political Fountain of Youth

By Dan Celia for CBN News | Image from CBN

The relentless culture warriors on the left have come up with a new recruitment tool: a constitutional amendment that would allow teens as young as 16 to vote. First proposed in Congress last August by Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., this movement has since appeared in other places, imitating the popular arcade game, Whac-A-Mole.

It surfaced again in October in Nebraska, where a state senator proposed a state constitutional amendment to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in local and state elections. Soon after, city council members in Washington, D.C., proposed allowing youngsters to cast ballots in presidential elections. Fortunately, two sponsors of the legislation changed their minds, and it was tabled in mid-November. Continue reading…