YOU DON'T NORMALLY LOOK TO GERMANY FOR GOOD POLITICAL IDEAS (via Rick Turley)

German Group Lobbies for Child's Right to Vote (NPR, 8/26/03)

In Germany, a nonprofit organization makes a child's right to vote the centerpiece of its agenda. The German Family Association says giving children the right to vote would force politicians to pay more attention to the younger generation and lead to policies that could reverse the country's dropping birth rate.

The better idea would be to allow fathers to vote for their children, so a father of three would have four votes. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 26, 2003 8:23 PM