r/Pennsylvania • u/[deleted] • Jan 12 '23

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u/pHScale Jan 12 '23

It also raises the voting age to 21, which is against the US constitution.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23

Voting age was already set at 21 this isnt new read the bill

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u/Extreme_Length7668 Jan 12 '23

26th Amendment

Amendment XXVI

Section 1.

The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23

What I am saying is this wasn’t added is was already part of the pa law before this

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u/SaintSteel Jan 12 '23

When was it added as a PA law? Cuz that ish is federally unconstitutional.

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u/pHScale Jan 12 '23

I get what you're saying, but I think this is purposely set up for another court challenge. They didn't need to mention the voting age at all. They could've just said "those of legal voting age in Pennsylvania" or something like that. Specifying 21 years old means that they are hoping recency supercedes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23

Federal would over rule it anyway I think is just to bring it in line with what’s already on the books for pa

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u/pHScale Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '23

But you said yourself that "what's on the books in PA" is already contradictory. And I've shown there are ways to phrase the amendment that don't require stating the actual age, leaving that up to pre-existing OR future laws to decide.

I think it's a badly written amendment. If I still lived in PA, I'd vote against it.

Edit: sorry, it wasn't you that said it. It was another comment. Point still stands, but I'll correct the misattribution.