LePage Says He'll Seek to Raise Voting, Military Service Age After Tobacco Bill Override

In a letter to lawmakers and in his weekly radio address, Gov. Paul LePage harshly criticizes the Legislature for overriding his veto of a bill that raises the legal age for purchasing cigarettes to 21.

Lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected LePage’s veto, 29 to 5 in the Senate, and 90 to 44 in the House.

LePage calls lawmakers hypocrites, and says he will submit legislation aimed at righting what he sees as a wrong.

"If 18-year-olds cannot decide whether to buy cigarettes, than they certainly cannot be trusted to decide what candidate to vote for," he says, "so I will submit legislation that will raise the voting age to 21.”

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