January 08, 2007 08:04 PM UTC

Lowering the Legislative Age

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• by: Colorado Pols

From The Denver Post:

After teaching public policy classes at the University of Colorado, Rep. Michael Garcia will introduce a bill to lower the age at which people can run for legislative office to 18. The current age requirement is 25.

The Democrat from Aurora says many of his students are bright, capable, energetic – and ready. “If they can vote at 18 and serve in the military, they should be able to run for public office,” he said. Efforts to lower the age limit have been tried before and rejected. Garcia thinks some of his colleagues might be willing to settle for 21, which would be fine with him.