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kleinbl00  ·  1398 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Voting Age

To be clear, I'm not opposed to the idea, just curious as to the justification.

Where I grew up you could get a driver's license at fifteen if you passed a state-accredited driver's education course. I would think if you let everyone take the civics test when they apply for a driver's license or ID card you'd get plenty of takers, particularly if you tied it into something useful like the ability to buy cigarettes or sign yourself out as absent. Being 18 in high school is badass and if you could test into that you'd win.