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Delegate Carson.
DELEGATE CARSON: Mr. Chairman,
am I in order to ask Delegate Dulany two
questions?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Dulany,
you had the floor last. Do you yield to the
question?
DELEGATE DULANY: Yes, I will.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Carson.
DELEGATE CARSON: Delegate Du-
lany, does the amendment permit the Gen-
eral Assembly to set the voting age at
twelve?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Dulany.
DELEGATE DULANY: Yes, it would.
We have authority here to set it at twelve.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Carson.
DELEGATE CARSON: Would your
amendment also permit the General As-
sembly to set the voting age at seventy-
two?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Dulany.
DELEGATE DULANY: We have the
authority here to set it at seventy-two.
THE CHAIRMAN: Ave there any fur-
ther questions, Delegate Carson?
DELEGATE CARSON: Thank you. I
suggest we not adopt either age.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Finch, the
Chair wants to be quite certain that you
understood what I said. If Amendment No.
3 is adopted, you may not offer your
amendment. If Amendment No. 3 is re-
jected, you may.
Do you understand? You do not wish to
offer your amendment at this time?
DELEGATE FINCH: Mr. Chairman, I
still defer.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well.
Delegate Kirkland.
DELEGATE KIRKLAND: Mr. Chair-
man, I would like to oppose this amend-
ment.
First of all, having worked with these
youth for some twenty-seven years, it dis-
heartens me to see something like that.
Every graduating class anywhere from
three hundred and fifty to six hundred
fifty, each year for many years, among
thousands of young people I have seen go
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through the doors of these high schools,
I have yet to see a real bad one. Sure, mis-
chievous, or things of this nature, but who
was not? I would like to say that I would
like to see this thing retained at nineteen,
and the legal majority age should be al-
lowed to be flexible where flexibility is
necessary.
I believe this responsibility should be
left to the statutory measures of the Gen-
eral Assembly.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are you ready for
the question?
Delegate Neilson.
DELEGATE NEILSON: Mr. Chairman,
I rise to speak in favor of the amendment
for a very similar reason.
I believe that the legislature will meas-
ure up to its responsibility in setting a
voting age along with all other responsi-
bilities for a young person. I am convinced
they will retain the age of twenty-one, but
even if they did not, the matter could al-
ways be subject to referendum.
Therefore, I would support this motion.
THE CHAIRMAN: Ready for the
question?
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 3.
The Clerk will ring the quorum bell.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of Amend-
ment No. 3, a vote in favor of the voting
age being the age of legal majority as de-
termined by the General Assembly.
A vote No is a vote against Amendment
No. 3 which is a vote in favor of the Com-
mittee Recommendation at nineteen.
Cast your votes.
Has every delegate voted?
Does any delegate desire to change his
vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 42 votes in the affirmative,
and 84 votes in the negative, the motion is
lost. The amendment is rejected.
Delegate Finch, do you desire to offer
your amendment?
The pages will distribute amendment
A-C. This will be Amendment No. 4.
The Clerk will read the amendment.
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