Over 75% of voters want maximum age limit for elected officials, poll shows - eviltoast
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Over three-fourths of Americans think there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey.

  • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The same logic that a person can’t serve in an office until they are a specific age is just a valid reason they can’t serve over a certain age. If constituents are supposed to be trusted in determining the competency of who they want to elect there should be no age limits at all.

    President has a 2 term limit, so there is no reason Congress or Justices should not also be subject to predefined limits to how often they can hold an office, to say nothing of other elected officials down the line.

    • Kalcifer@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      If constituents are supposed to be trusted in determining the competency of who they want to elect there should be no age limits at all.

      This is the opinion that currently I hold.

      President has a 2 term limit, so there is no reason Congress or Justices should not also be subject to predefined limits to how often they can hold an office, to say nothing of other elected officials down the line.

      My argument isn’t that of whether it’s possible to make such rules, it is instead, from a point of principle, whether we should make such rules.