Jack Bergeson can’t even vote for himself when his name appears on the ballot on elections of the Governor of Kansas in 2018, because he will be under the age of 18.
As explained by the head of service of election-Wall Street Journal, Kansas is one of three States with very loose rules of the election of the Governor. «We have no restrictions neither on age, place of residence, no citizenship,» says Brian Helmet.
When 16-year-old Bergeson, the player of the school football team, found out, he thought, «Oh, I could try!». Bergeson who thinks Bernie Sanders is my political idol, in favor of the democratic forces on an anti-government platform. The teenager chose helper 17-year-old Alexander Klein, his friend from seventh grade, who plans to become Vice-Governor of the state.
Bergeson last week gave an interview to Jimmy Kimmel about his electoral race. He said that people often advise him to run for office when you get a bit older, but the boy believes that it is pointless to wait when «to help the Motherland now,» notes the website of his campaign. There you will find paragraphs of his campaign, including the modernization of health care, raising the minimum wage in the state and «most important question»: the financing of campaigns and the fight against corruption. It is noteworthy that his staff claims that does not accept donations more than $ 500. To date, he has collected about $ 2,200.
«We believe that with the Governor, really the chosen people, not corporate interests, Kansas could be back in the right direction», — said in his address on the website.
according to the materials Newser
