Monday, October 04, 2004
 
Meanwhile, Further Down The Slippery Slope

In Minnesota, a 17-year-old prewoman (because girl is sexist nomenclature, donchaknow) is running for mayor. The biggest obstacle, aside from being only a write-in candidate and being unable to vote for herself:
    Even so, state law says candidates must be eligible voters and at least 21 years old when they take office.
The plucky little prewoman remains undaunted, because she can tell which way the wind blows, and apparently the wind is the only constant in civic life in the twenty-first century:
    Feehan-Nelson said that if she receives the highest number of votes but is not certified, she is prepared to take the matter to court.

    "I doubt the judge would be able to say no to the popular vote," she said. "The people's right to choose prevails over (state law)."
Isolated incident? A small stone begins an avalanche.

(Link courtesy of The Spoons Experience.)


- posted by Brian J. @ 1:08 PM
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