- 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy desires to lift the minimal age to vote from 18 to 25.
- Ramaswamy would enable an exception for younger individuals who serve within the navy or cross a civics check.
- He stated it should assist with the navy recruitment deficit, which he tied to low nationwide delight amongst Gen Z.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy appears to suppose that forcing younger individuals into the navy in alternate for his or her proper to vote would assist bolster waning “nationwide delight” amongst Gen Z.
“Not everybody will like this proposal,” he admitted on Twitter. His personal employees has expressed resistance and even “vehement objections,” Politico reported.
In an announcement posted to his marketing campaign web site, Ramaswamy, who’s 37, stated he desires to lift the minimal voting age from 18 to 25 until younger individuals serve within the navy, work as a primary responder, or cross a civics check.
The candidate stated the coverage would assist tackle the continued recruitment deficit within the US navy.
“America faces a 25% recruitment deficit within the navy and simply 16% of Gen Z say they’re proud to be American. The absence of nationwide delight is a severe risk to our Republic’s survival,” he stated within the assertion.
Ramaswamy is proposing a constitutional modification to get this finished.
The modification would increase the voting age from 18 to 25, he stated, leaving an exception for these 18 and older who “meet a nationwide service requirement.”
—Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) May 12, 2023
“We have to revive civic responsibility amongst younger Individuals,” Ramaswamy stated on Twitter. “We should be bold. I perceive not everybody will like this proposal and that it’s going to take persuasion to persuade a lot of its deserves, however I am able to take that on.”
It is unlikely Ramaswamy’s plan involves fruition as constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority of assist from the US Congress or the assist of two-thirds of state legislatures. It might additionally battle with the twenty sixth Modification to the Structure, which offers US residents 18 years and older with the precise to vote. Ramaswamy would additionally have to be elected president, which at this level stays a protracted shot.
