They can't do any worse!
Teenagers are running for governor in Kansas. Adults are trying to stop them.
A state legislativecommittee moved a bill forward this week that would bar people under age 18 from running for statewide office, after a 16-year-old discovereda loophole in the state’s electoral laws and inspired his peers to flood the race.
“Oh, I could do that,” Jack Bergeson thought to himself when he realized Kansas law, while it restricts voting ages, says nothing about who can run for governor, the Kansas City Star reportedlast August.
So the Wichita high school juniorfiled to run in the Democratic primary, campaigning for health-care reform, medical marijuana and open-carry gun laws.One of hisclassmates, a year older than Bergeson at 17,becamehis running mate for lieutenant governor.
Neither of them isold enough to vote.