14-year-old boy uses legal quirk to run for Vermont governor
There was a fascinating article that did the rounds a while back ( <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.slate.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;news_and_politics&#x2F;history&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;her_hat_was_in_the_ring_a_history_project_reveals_that_thousands_of_american.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.slate.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;news_and_politics&#x2F;history&#x2F;2015...</a>  ) describing the history of female candidates running before female suffrage.<p>Legally this is analogous, although I don&#x27;t see us extending the franchise to 14 year olds. It&#x27;s a pity, really, as I suspect allowing a 16 year old to vote isn&#x27;t any more unreasonable than allowing a 90 year old to vote; especially on issues that are far more real to a 16 year old. At least in Australia a lot of the really abjectly dim climate denialism came from people who would be lucky to see all those 2030-2040 dates that folks toss around. Yes, I do understand that some older people are voting idealistically and not voting their narrow interests, but historically this is a very self-interested bloc.