A bill designed to get youth more involved in the elections process passed the state Senate Committee on Elections and Reappointment on Wednesday.
SB 1606 by Sen. John Vasconcellos, D-San Jose, would lower the state's legal voting age to 14. The catch is that it would take four 14 or 15 year olds to make up a whole vote.
The proposed constitutional amendment would give 14- and 15-year-olds 1/4 of a full vote, while 16- and 17-year-olds would get 1/2 a full vote.
Vasconcellos dubbed his bill 'Training Wheels for Citizenship,' and says it is designed to encourage early and regular voter participation among young Californians by affording them a real live stake in the political process.
'It is so sad that so many of our young people today are deserting our voting ranks in ever larger numbers,' Vasconcellos said.
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I think it's pointless but if the whole process makes them more likely to vote for adults my opinion might change.
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