Commentary On Elections-Part Seven

All should read the US Constitution Article 1 Section 2 Clause 1 Phrase 2.

"The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature."

It clearly states that the qualifications of voters for the federal lower house should be the same as that for the state's lower house. However when the US Constitution was written, each state was an independent and sovereign republic. Obviously after the US Civil War that became no longer the case. Whether one agrees or disagrees is a moot point. The American people have universally agreed and accepted that the federal government is indeed supreme in comparison to state and local governments. That change in sovereignty has worked for 158 years so there is no need to go back to the original form now.

That is why the age requirement of voters for all federal lawmakers should be higher than the age requirement for all state lawmakers. Since the federal government is sovereign and has the most authority, its voting requirements should be more restrictive and thus the age for its eligible voters should be higher than that of state lawmaking office.

Cliff Notes Version: The Constitution mandates that voters of both the state lower legislative house and the federal lower legislative house have to have the same qualifications.

Since government has changed from the time the U.S. Constitution was written in as much as states are no longer republics, the age requirement for voters of federal lawmakers should be higher than that of state lawmakers.