June 22 – Voting Age Lowered

Posted on June 22, 2021

This is an update of my post published June 22, 2010:

Key Points

On this day in 1970, President Richard Nixon signed a bill that lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. This bill was passed because, as the nation struggled through the unpopular Vietnamese War, people said that, if 18, 19, and 20 year olds were old enough to die for their country, they were also old enough to participate in the elections that would help set policy, including foreign policy.

Earlier in the year, I discussed some people’s ideas about lowering the voting age even lower. If you haven’t already read it, you might like to take a peek and see if you agree.

There is now a push to lower the voting age to 16. Some people argue that 16- and 17-year olds might not have enough knowledge to vote responsibly. But people who think a vaccine turns people magnetic  are allowed to vote, and people who think that contrails (condensation or vapor trails produced by aircraft engine exhaust) are actually mind-control chemtrails sprayed on us by our government – they, too, are allowed to vote. So….”knowledge” isn’t a pre-requisite for voting – and even if it were, I would assume that 16 year olds, as a group, would compare just fine to adults.

Also on this date:

Anniversary of the discovery of Pluto’s moon 

Anniversary of the patenting of a pin-making machine

Schoolteachers’ Day in El Salvador

Explorer George Vancouver’s birthday

Anniversary of a river catching fire

HVAC Technicians Day

Worldwide VW Beetle Day

Discovery Day in Newfoundland and Labrador

(Monday closest to June 24)

Anti-fascist Struggle Day in Croatia

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• June holidays

• June birthdays

• Historical anniversaries in June

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• July holidays
• July birthdays
• Historical anniversaries in July