Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-28 | Page 24 | [Untitled]

STRANGE AS IT T SEEMS E By John NixA Nix Mix A D k 7 f OF Ij I Q t AT GOAL IN A ill 1898 I I tl a I It l l II m I A r I I nl r. r rl A i I DAN s tiff IN YET COULD NOT VoTe vore t I. I COMMON RED A BREAKS oFF Eft OWN WINGS ANO A f j D G o IIO ODO o a I MoRE TrIAN Tr t r SO p RY HD f HORS lH 27 Hou od 11 A VOTING IN DE DENMARK IARI A strange Danish law before 1913 permitted men to run for parliament parliament parliament parlia parlia- ment at the age of 25 and at the same time prohibited anyone under 30 years of age from voting The theory behind this was that the average voter develops late laten in n life Hie but that an exceptional person might rise at an early age with sufficient ability to manage affairs of state Today 25 is the legal voting voting vot- vot ing ng age in Denmark Copyright 1938 for The Telegram