While Vivek Ramaswamy has privately discussed the idea of raising the voting age with his team since he announced his presidential bid in February, he had been convinced to hold off, his aides believing the idea would not be received well. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
''By NATALIE ALLISON
05/10/2023 02:41 PM EDT
Vivek Ramaswamy, the youngest candidate in the Republican presidential field, is preparing to announce a new policy proposal: Raising the voting age.
He says even his staff doesn’t like the idea.
Ramaswamy, the millennial 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur who made a mark in the primary when he polled on par with former Vice President Mike Pence in a CBS survey last week, told POLITICO that in Iowa this week, he’ll call for increasing the automatic voting age to 25, unless a citizen 18 or older is enrolled in the military, works as a first-responder or passes the same civics test given to immigrants seeking American citizenship. Such a change could only be implemented by passing a constitutional amendment.''
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