HB56

HB56

Y.A.M (Young Adults Matter) Ryan Diezic, PA, Republican Josh Nutting, WA, Republican Alex Nelson, OR, Moderate Conservative

Purpose: The goal of this bill is to allow young adults over or the age of 16 to be able to vote. This issue is important because when a child becomes a teenager they have enough knowledge about the world and events taking place that gives them the right to vote. This will solve discrimination against young adults in political views. If this bill is passed then the young adults will be able to actually go to a voting booth and vote for the best candidate. About 90 years ago women were not allowed to vote, now women have a major role in elections, without them we might not have made history by electing the first black president. Kids feel that their future is being decided by the generation before them when really they should be able to decide their own destiny. Especially with multimedia-based society young adults are exposed to more information than ever. Therefore young adults the age of 16 and over should be given the right to vote.

Elegibility: All individuals between the ages of 16 and 17.

Terms and Benefits: The Americans that will be affected by this bill are teenagers the age of 16 and 17. Also anybody who is running for a governemant job that involves an election. Also you do not have to have your drivers license yet. A benefit that this bill will create is the ability for young adults the age of 16 and 17 to vote. A penalty that this will create is that if you don't pass the test and you try to vote you will get some sort of penalty such as a 100 dollar fine. The people who will be enforcing this bill are governmant authorities who will check each person if they have passed or failed the test. Each person is checked wherever the voting is taking place. This bill will be in affect until it is declared unconstitutional or until it need to be taken away. Participants will be taking a test that is part of the O.G.T as a freshman in highschool. The test will be on current elections to make sure that people are currently updating themselves on current politics. Each person will find out if they passed through a letter in the mail. Participants will recieve 100 dollars for grading and creating the standardized test. To qualify for this position you must have a masters degree in social studies and have teached for at least 10 years. They will be paid as apart of their yearly salary. They will paid by their current employer.