"Iowa Republicans Aim To Eliminate Youth Vote By Refusing To Teach Them How"

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Iowa Republicans Aim To Eliminate Youth Vote By Refusing To Teach Them How

By Rika Christensen at Addicting Info

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/03/10/iowa-republicans-aim-to-eliminate-youth-vote-by-refusing-to-team-them-how/

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If Iowa Republicans have their way, the state will no longer require schools to teach voting statutes and procedures in high school government classes. Supposedly, the idea behind the bill is to increase students’ learning when it comes to American citizenship, the various levels of American government (from local all the way up to federal), and how those levels interact and work together.

The bill, introduced by Republican State Rep. Pat Grassley and referred to the state’s education committee on March 5, seeks to amend current state education curriculum requiring 5 units of social studies by removing the following:

”Instruction in voting statutes and procedures, voter registration requirements, the use of paper ballots and voting systems in the election process, and the method of acquiring and casting an absentee ballot … The one-half unit of United States government shall include the voting procedure as described in this lettered paragraph and Section 280.9a.” [SOURCE]

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[Politicalboi]

1. This could be a good thing

Because as we have ALL witnessed, the GOP is full of the stupidest people on the planet, so to stop teaching them to vote might work in our favor.