Blackwood West Redevelopment Amendment To Be Considered Monday

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Gloucester Township Council will introduce a proposed ordinance amending the Blackwood West Redevelopment Plan when it meets Monday night.

A copy of the proposed ordinance will be shared with the public on Monday, according to the agenda posted on the township’s website.

Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday night at the municipal building, 1261 Chews Landing Road.

Council will also consider a resolution to accept this year’s audit.There are also 12 items on the consent agenda.

There will be two proclamations: one for the police department’s participation in this year’s Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over campaign; and one to honor the 50th anniversary of the 26th amendment. Read more here: Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over, Gloucester Township Police Advise

The 26th amendment prohibits states from discriminating among voters based on age, for people who are at least 18 years old, and grants Congress power to “enforce” that prohibition through “appropriate legislation.”

The legal voting age had been 21, but because so many men between 18 and 20 were being drafted to fight in Vietnam, Congress came under substantial pressure to lower the age to 18, which it did in 1970. Read more about the amendment at constitutioncenter.org.