After being qualified by the DeKalb County Board of Elections to run for city council a 19-year-old may be taken off the ballot because of her age.
Please send a message that 18 is not too young to run for local office.
Why is this important?
An 18-year-old can buy a home, for example, but can’t run for office to represent the districts in which they vote and pay taxes.
Nearly all state constitutions have included age qualifications of their own, some closely to those outlined in the Federal Constitution. Many do not. Consequently, the right of a young person to run for office in the United States is determined by a nonsensical patchwork of statutes that is plainly indefensible for its arbitrariness, even if one genuinely believes that young people, by and large, can’t be trusted with elected office
