From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-563047-106844
FREMONT, Calif. (UPI) -- A Fremont, Calif., 16-year-old has officially
announced his candidacy for the City Council in the 2010 elections.
Mission High School junior Ishan Shah, who will be 18 at the time of
the election, has already set up a campaign Web site, gathered an
exploratory committee and published two position papers, KNTV, San
Jose, Calif., reported Thursday.
"I am a product of life in the city of Fremont, therefore I can
actually connect with what this city needs. I just need to convince
people that I offer a higher level of accessibility than my
opponents," Shah said.
Shah said he learned about the life of an elected official while
working as an intern for Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif.
The young candidate said he plans to execute a "rigorous" voter
registration drive to get more young people to vote in the local
election. Still, Shah conceded he will have rough competition: The
incumbents he will be facing in the at-large election likely are Bill
Harrison and Anu Natarajan, who received 28,642 votes and 23,492
votes, respectively, in 2006.