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November 30, 2011

Perry Gets Voting Age, Date Wrong; Picks Up Endorsement From Arizona Sheriff Arpaio 
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Texas governor and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry is making
headlines for another gaffe on the campaign trail. Speaking in New
Hampshire, Perry mistakenly asserted that the voting age in the United
States is 21 instead of 18, and also got the date of the 2012 election
wrong by six days.

Gov. Rick Perry: "Those of you that are sitting in this hall who are
going to inherit this country are counting on us. Those who are going to
be over 21 on November 12th, I ask for your support. Those of you that
won’t be, just work hard. Because you’re gonna inherit this, and
you're counting on us getting this right."

Perry, meanwhile, has picked up the endorsement of Arizona Sheriff Joe
Arpaio, known as one of the staunchest anti-immigrant figures in the
United States. Arpaio campaigned for Perry at a series of appearances in
New Hampshire on Tuesday.



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