Students push for lower lawmaker age limit

Monday, February 11, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- He's old enough to vote for a president, drink a beer and fight a war, but not to serve in the Legislature. So John Franklin, 22, is working with other student lobbyists to lower the minimum age for election to the Missouri House and Senate.

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