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| Iran: Voting age increased from 15 to 18 |
| 2007-01-14 |
| Iran's constitutional watchdog, the Guardian Council, has passed into law a parliament bill that raises the voting age in national elections from 15 to 18, state-run television reported Saturday. The law came into effect immediately, state TV said. Iranians as young as 15-year-old had previously been allowed to vote in some local elections. The new law bars from voting many of the youths who cast their ballot in local elections last month, when hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered humiliating defeat. The next legislative elections are due in February 2008, and presidential ones in 2009. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 What's the legal Age for drinking in Mullahland? :) |
| Posted by: GK 2007-01-14 18:23 |
| #9 You got it, this has got to be the result of polling studies. 15-18 age group prolly isn't very fond of the hardline agenda. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-01-14 16:50 |
| #8 The new law bars from voting many of the youths who cast their ballot in local elections last month, when hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered humiliating defeat. Not winning? Move the goalposts. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-01-14 10:56 |
| #7 Just because there are people who go into minefileds isn't a reason to give right to vote to never do wells who study soft science. Also if I follow you then if you evaded the draft, you don't vote and you never get eligible as even a dog catcher FOR LIFE (Bill Clinton that is for you). Did I forget to add the sardonic tags? |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-01-14 10:36 |
| #6 Oh, and no chicks neither. Hey no, first it is unfair. second: women have children third: we could no longer get laid when going to vote. |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-01-14 10:17 |
| #5 Despicable. The way I see it, if you're old enough to be herded across a minefield, you're old enough to vote. Just because there are people who go into minefileds isn't a reason to give right to vote to never do wells who study soft science. Also if I follow you then if you evaded the draft, you don't vote and you never get eligible as even a dog catcher FOR LIFE (Bill Clinton that is for you). But I agree: people who serve in the armed forces should have right to vote. Notice that unlike students they aren't being mantained by their parents so the "You don't vote until you pay your first bill" applies to them. Oh and in France the military was denied the right to vote for decades. That was law made by the LEFT (and a couple years ago I stumbled upon someone who defended this). It was also the LEFT who denied vote to French women alleging they would vote "wrong". It was rightist, fascist,racist General de Gaulle who gave them this right. Just as in America it was the rightist, fascist, racist Republican party who allowed women to vote (and to Blacks) |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-01-14 10:14 |
| #4 The voting age should be raised to 30, entail a minimum property/income requirement and the vote should register only upon passing a quiz in constitutional law. Oh, and no chicks neither. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-14 09:47 |
| #3 Despicable. The way I see it, if you're old enough to be herded across a minefield, you're old enough to vote. |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-01-14 07:59 |
| #2 In fact I am bevoming increasingly opposite to the 18 year old voting age. At this age many/most people are not autonomous (meaning that they will have an influenxce on taxes depite not paying them). They are also under the influenxce of nutty professors a la Chmosky or Ward Churchillwithout being confronted to the clubat of real life. So I would follow the doctine exposed in the excellent mahmood.tv ("you are an adult when you pay your first bill"). In fact I joke that you would have to produce a bill for being able to vote and a pay bulletin proving that you earn your own money. More seriously I oppose allowing high schoolers/students to vote before being 21 years old. |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-01-14 06:20 |
| #1 Which demographic group are they cutting off? Liberal elements? |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-01-14 03:47 |