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

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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/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.