Andrew Yang in The New Republic


On Government Reform: Change Electoral College by proportional allocation of votes

Perhaps his most unusual proposal pertains to the Electoral College. Yang instead calls for the states to allocate delegates on a proportional basis, like Maine already does. Yang also proposes making this proportional Electoral College system mandatory through a constitutional amendment.
Source: The New Republic magazine, articles on 2020 candidates May 13, 2019

On Government Reform: Congress should lower Federal voting age to 16

Yang's proposal to lower the voting age to 16 years old would also face complications. "At 16, Americans don't have hourly limits imposed on their work, and they pay taxes," he argues. "Their livelihoods are directly impacted by legislation, and they should therefore be allowed to vote for their representatives." Yang calls on Congress to set the voting age to 16 in federal elections. The problem is that federal lawmakers can't force states to lower their voting ages in local elections.
Source: The New Republic magazine, articles on 2020 candidates May 13, 2019

On Government Reform: Electoral College: allocate state votes proportionally

He supports automatic voter registration, statehood for Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, and ending felony disenfranchisement and partisan gerrymandering. Perhaps his most unusual proposal pertains to the Electoral College. Yang calls for the states to allocate delegates on a proportional basis, like Maine already does. Yang also proposes making this proportional Electoral College system mandatory through a constitutional amendment.
Source: The New Republic on 2019 Democratic primary May 13, 2019

On Government Reform: Lower voting age to 16 in federal elections

Yang's proposal to lower the voting age to 16 years old would face complications. "At 16, Americans don't have hourly limits imposed on their work, and they pay taxes," he argues. "Their livelihoods are directly impacted by legislation, and they should therefore be allowed to vote for their representatives." Yang calls on Congress to set the voting age to 16 years old in federal elections.
Source: The New Republic on 2019 Democratic primary May 13, 2019

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