A new bill in New Mexico aims to lower the voting age to 16.

House Democrats in the state of New Mexico have introduced a new bill that would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in city, county, and state-wide elections.

The new bill would amend Mexico’s previous state laws which require voters to be 18 years old to cast a ballot.

House Bill 217 will be reviewed by New Mexico’s House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee on Saturday.

Two House Democrats have introduced a bill to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to register as voters starting in 2024.https://t.co/uWGIpHomlA

— Santa Fe New Mexican (@thenewmexican) February 9, 2023

Here’s an excerpt of  HB217:

As used in the Election Code and rules promulgated by the secretary of state, “qualified elector”
means any resident of this state who is qualified to vote under the provisions of the constitution of New Mexico and the constitution of the United States and includes any [qualified]
resident who is at least sixteen years of age.

It’s not just the state of New Mexico aiming to change the voting age to 16 years old.

As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier this year, House Joint Resolution 16 which was introduced by Democrat Rep. Grace Meng of New York and co-sponsored by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aims to lower the age to vote on a national level.

Young people are often the fire that spur major changes in society. They fearlessly advocate crucial issues, & it's time that passion is rewarded at the ballot box.

I am proud to be reintroducing legislation that would change the legal voting age to 16.https://t.co/nwApATTdZ3

— Grace Meng (@RepGraceMeng) January 26, 2023

H.J.Res.16 reads, “The right of citizens of the United States, who are sixteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.”

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The far-left city of San Francisco is considering the idea of creating a ‘red light’ district, which would presumably look the other way on the crime of prostitution.

What could go wrong?

Do the folks in charge of the city really think this will make life better for the people?

PJ Media reports:

San Francisco Mulls Creating a Red-Light District

I moved to San Francisco almost right out of college for a sort of internship. I lived there for as long as my wallet could stand it. For a fresh-faced college boy, San Francisco even then was a bit of an eye-opener. Of course, that was before the jump in homelessness and crime. I’m sure it’s much more interesting if less enjoyable now than it was back then.

In California’s race to establish itself as America’s first third-world state, it passed a law repealing the ban on loitering for prostitution. The bill, Senate Bill 357, was the brainchild of state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-11th district), who held that cops were disproportionately targeting women of color and trans people. Now, according to a report in Fox News, prostitution and with it, human trafficking is running rampant in cities in California. Cops say that they can do nothing to help women and children who may be victims of trafficking since they no longer have probable cause to stop and talk with someone, and possibly intervene.

Supporters of the bill say that the previous law criminalized sex workers and created distrust. In Oakland, pimps had women outside of a Catholic school, and prostitutes can be seen walking the streets in various stages of undress day and night. Some appear to be underage. L.A.’s Figueroa Street is now awash with prostitutes.

This is a horrible idea.

San Francisco Considers Creating ‘Red-Light District’ Legalizing Prostitutionhttps://t.co/9b1rxKm0Bt pic.twitter.com/h9rLzO8V16

— Off The Press (@OffThePress1) February 9, 2023

Red light: As San Francisco struggles to deal with prostitution, a city supervisor suggests legalizing ithttps://t.co/nioMViGDiZ

— HotAir.com (@hotairblog) February 8, 2023

Doing this will only invite more crime.

How can the liberal leaders of San Francisco not see this?

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