Whereas: The current system of suffrage is limited based exclusively on age; and Whereas: The only demographic wrongly blackballed from participating in the citzens right to vote is young people, a people far more informed than many legal adults; The Free Democratic Party's mission is to reform the current suffrage system threefold:
Article I: The voting age of 18 shall hereby be lowered to 16 on a provisional basis.
Article II: Persons between the ages of 16-18 shall be required to take a civillian competency test to prove that they are fully aware upon the matters they are to vote.
Article III: Failure to attain a profiecient competency level on this examination will result in the termination of the individuals participatory right in a civil election. |