Solving Youth Suffrage: Lower the Voting Age to 14 | SFM E07

Send us a text Voting rights are under attack in the U.S. There are lots of proposed solutions out there to protect the sanctity of the ballot and even encourage voting. But out of these, none of them actually expand the right to vote to a larger group of citizens. If we want to actually expand voting, we have to go younger. And why not? In this episode, Scot and Braus propose what might sound like a radical idea—lower the voting age to 14. Is this a radical idea? More or less radical than the idea of letting non-land-owners vote, or let men of color vote, or let women vote...? What arguments did people then cite to argue against extending the votes to these groups? They weren't smart enough? They weren't educated enough? They didn't have the right opinions or the right experience? Greta Thunberg began protesting when she was 15 years old. Malala Yousafzai gave her first political speech at 11. With the advent of the internet teenagers have access to as much information as any adult. Why do we continue to prevent them from full political enfranchisement? Help these new solutions spread by ... Subscribing wherever you listen to podcasts Leaving a 5-star review Sharing your favorite solution with your friends and network (this makes a BIG difference) Comments? Feedback? Questions? Solutions? Message us! We will do a mailbag episode. Email: solutionsfromthemultiverse@gmail.com Adam: @ajbraus - braus@hey.com Scot: @scotmaupin adambraus.com (Link to Adam's projects and books) The Perfect Show (Scot's solo podcast) The Numey (inflation-free currency) Thanks to Jonah Burns for the SFM music.