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I Letter To Editor
To the Editor: 1* This is a copy of a letter sen f by me to the office of th< Honorable John 0. Marsh, oui - representative in Congress fron the seventh district. I would hop< that others who feel as I do aboul the proposed extension of votinj age will join me by showing theii support, and encouraging oui representative to help secure ita passage.
Edward E. Clark, Jr
Honorable John O. Marsh, D-Va. United States House
of Representatives Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Marsh:
I am writing this letter to urge you to support the current bill providing for the extension of the voting privilege to eighteen yeai olds. I feel that such action u long overdue, and greatly needed to preserve the dynamic quality of our United States.
As an eighteen-year-old myself, I was elated when the bill successfully passed Senate approval. The real challenge, however, comes from the opposition in the House of Representatives. Representative Emanuel Sellers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, leads the attack on the bill, claiming that a Constitutional amendment is necessary to institute the proposed change. The fact that several states have already passed legislation to lower the voting age indicates that this argument is not entirely valid, since no amendments to the Constitution were made in any of these cases. AD action was at the state level. While the states have traditionally been allowed to regulate the voting laws for themselves, the fact remains that the election of the President or a delegate to the Congress is a matter of national magnitude, and should therefore have a uniform set of regulations set at the national level, i.e., by the Congress. Any other action would be in direct contradiction of the Voting Rights Bill, which is supposed to prevent discrepancies in voting practice. I am sure you will give this matter its due amount of consideration, then act accordingly. Once again I urge you to support this bill and work toward its passage.
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