2024 candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has proposed new regulations on voting designed to create a more intelligent and thoughtful electorate by raising the minimum age to 25 – unless you’re serving or can pass the naturalization test.
Ramaswamy wants to revive responsibility and honor in the nation by instituting a drastic new plan to require six months of service in either the military, police department, fire, or any other type of first responder to vote before 25 – at which point the voting restriction disappears whether you serve or not.
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Someone could also vote before age 25 if they passed the same test that hopeful immigrants must pass to gain citizenship.
The Constitution does not expressly *guarantee* universal voting. This is intentional: we live in a Constitutional republic, not a direct democracy. The 14th Amendment specifically distinguishes the immunities of citizenship from the privileges of citizenship. Voting is a… pic.twitter.com/tx4nbZHGv5
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) May 12, 2023
The change would require amending the constitution – specifically, the 26th amendment, which grants any non-felon 18-year-old citizen the right to vote. No political party has shown any positive or negative sentiment toward Ramaswamy’s idea – making it difficult to estimate the receptiveness of Congress to such an amendment.
Considering the massive expansion of “youth voting rights” that Democrats have focused on since the 2020 election, heavy resistance can be expected to the change.
“Civic Duty Voting can create a sense of shared purpose and responsibility amongst young Americans to become educated citizens.” ~Vivek Ramaswamy
Ramaswamy also believes his proposal will help solve what Ramamsways calls the “national identity crisis” in America. The identity crisis, according to Ramaswamy, has seen Americans lose sight of their unique national character and become drifters.
Essentially, people are choosing nihilism over nationalism, and Ramaswamy wants to fix it. He believes his plan will encourage people of all classes and races who seek to shape the future of America.
“I understand not everyone will like this proposal and that it will take persuasion to convince many of its merits, but I’m ready to take that on.”
The youngest candidate in the race so far and trailing just behind Mike Pence at 5 percent in polls, 37-year-old Ramaswamy has a long and unlikely path to the presidency. He has framed himself as a political outsider like Trump in the 2016 election.
Like most other candidates, Ramaswamy’s platform has been trying to improve upon Donald Trump’s America First and MAGA platform. Despite taking the same route as many other candidates, policies like this indicate that Ramaswamy offers voters a compelling, if not unique, alternative.
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The low-polling 2024 hopeful continues to disregard potential controversy and proudly displays his controversial originalist interpretation of the Constitution.
“The 14th Amendment specifically distinguishes the immunities of citizenship from the privileges of citizenship. Voting is a privilege & civic duty is a proper precondition for enjoying that privilege.” ~ Ramaswamy on Twitter
Very few are likely to come out in support of Ramaswamy’s policy. Raising the voting age would be catastrophic for the stereotypically lazy but politically-active Generation Z. It would delay Democratic gains that will likely come as the youngest generation begins to enter the voting age en masse.
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