Of unrealistic optimism and extending the franchise
Bob Jones Unedited: "I'm serious when I say lift the voting age to 30 for by then voters will hopefully have gained some knowledge."
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Sir Geoffrey Palmer’s latest urging (on top of his written constitution advocacy which is gaining no traction) is to lower the voting age to 16, thus allowing school-children to participate. That’s explicable as Geoff has always suffered from an idealistic view of his fellow citizenry, doubtless
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Of unrealistic optimism and extending the franchise
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