Beginning next month, drivers between the ages of 79 and 86 in Illinois will no longer have to take mandatory behind-the-wheel driving tests to renew their licenses.
States and local politics historically were not driven by political donors. We’re starting to see that change this election cycle with some bonkers money pouring into primaries, but that’s definitely not the normal.
So laws like this aren’t about donors; they’re about voters. Retirees are the largest and most active voting block in state and local elections. Young people don’t turn up in the same numbers for mid-term and especially off-year elections, but old people always show up. You don’t win elections by taking privileges away from the only people casting ballots.
States and local politics historically were not driven by political donors. We’re starting to see that change this election cycle with some bonkers money pouring into primaries, but that’s definitely not the normal.
So laws like this aren’t about donors; they’re about voters. Retirees are the largest and most active voting block in state and local elections. Young people don’t turn up in the same numbers for mid-term and especially off-year elections, but old people always show up. You don’t win elections by taking privileges away from the only people casting ballots.