LePage Says He'll Seek to Raise Voting, Military Service Age After Tobacco Bill Override

[TexasTowelie]

In a letter to lawmakers and in his weekly radio address, Gov. Paul LePage harshly criticizes the Legislature for overriding his veto of a bill that raises the legal age for purchasing cigarettes to 21.

Lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected LePage’s veto, 29 to 5 in the Senate, and 90 to 44 in the House.

LePage calls lawmakers hypocrites, and says he will submit legislation aimed at righting what he sees as a wrong.

"If 18-year-olds cannot decide whether to buy cigarettes, than they certainly cannot be trusted to decide what candidate to vote for," he says, "so I will submit legislation that will raise the voting age to 21.”

Read more: http://mainepublic.org/post/lepage-says-hell-seek-raise-voting-military-service-age-after-tobacco-bill-override

[Redlineoverdrive]

1. Fair enough, make everything 21

How is it fair that you can serve but not drink and smoke? either raise it all to 21 or lower it all to 18.

[leftofcool]

2. Well, for one, he can't

Voting age and military service are federal laws, not state laws.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Ditto.

[Not Ruth]

3. The takeaway is that a candidate that lowers recreational marijuana use to 16 will do very well