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TexasTowelie

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Fri Sep 1, 2017, 07:30 AM Sep 2017

Meet the 13-year-old running for Vermont governor

BRISTOL - Whether by design or accident, Vermont's founders imposed no age requirement on those who could run for governor of this state.

Town officials in Vermont must be legal voters, meaning they have taken the voter's oath and are at least 18 years old.

No such requirement exists for Vermont's highest office.

The constitutional quirk paved the way for Ethan Sonneborn, 13, of Bristol, to announce this summer that he's running for governor.

Read more: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/31/meet-13-year-old-running-vermont-governor/580870001/

He is running in the Democratic primary.

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Meet the 13-year-old running for Vermont governor (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2017 OP
Why not? We have one sitting in the Oval Office. eom Frustratedlady Sep 2017 #1
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