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NowThis showcases Vote16DC, with Yara Shahidi!
NowThis Eighteenx18 with Yara Shahidi showcases Vote16DC, talks to our leaders, and Council Member Charles Allen!
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Proposed bill would allow Kentucky minors to vote in local elections
Kentucky State Senator Reggie Thomas has filed a bill that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in local and school board elections. Kentucky has a history here; it was the second state to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, in 1955.
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Michigan State Student Government: Let 17 year olds vote
Vote16USA Presents: Podcasts!
We've been featured on a number of podcasts over this past year. Tune into them here! More Perfect View from the States Sputnik News KMOX Radio USC Anenburg On Point With Tom Ashbrook NPR WWL Scoot Kojo Nmadi Show Ricochet Three Martini...
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View from the States: Vermont and Lowering the Voting Age
Vote16DC’s youth leaders weigh on why the voting age should be lowered to 16 in the song liner notes on the Most Perfect Album.
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What would Australia look like if young people had a greater say?
A representative travelled across Australia to answer the question, “What would Australia look like if Australian’s had a say? This article reflects on why students skipping class to walk out across the country. A hint: They want to be heard.
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Malden City Council to bring lowering the voting age ordinance to residents
Citizen Engagement held a public hearing on the lowering the voting age, but the committee was not ready to report back on the matter. Ordinance tabled the matter for one week as the wait for the report.
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Kentucky lawmakers wants 16-year-olds to be eligible
“There is no magic age, by which someone is considered responsible,” he said. “There are 56-year-olds about whom we wonder ‘what were they thinking?’ And there are 16-year-olds who are very smart, very intelligent and very well informed about what’s going on.”
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It’s our future, so give us the vote
“The voting age should be 16, to give us more say over the long-term issues that most affect our futures. We are smart, mature and want to change the world. Please give us the chance.”
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Make it 16: a teenager on why we should lower the voting age
“If the voting age was lowered to 16, politicians would be far more likely to take youth opinions and issues seriously, as their votes (and their pay cheques) would rely on it. Unfortunately, right now the disheartening fact is that the youth voice is often ignored, all because we aren’t allowed to vote. Yet.”
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Irish teenager ‘takes over’ Taoiseach’s office to mark World Children’s Day
“Aoife Murphy won the Unicef #KidsTakeOver competition for her campaign to lower the voting age to 16 and she spent Monday with Mr Varadkar to highlight why young people deserve to have a say in decisions that affect their future.”
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‘We’re Not Going Anywhere’: Teen Activists Aren’t Giving Up Fight To Lower Voting Age After Council Setback
“I was somewhat disappointed, however I’m not looking at this as a loss,” says Julian Smith, a 17 year old who attends Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy. “I’m looking at this as a learning experience. So from what we saw in the meeting, it only taught us what we need to do: work harder to make sure it gets passed.”
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‘Voter Suppression?’ Proposal to Lower DC Voting Age Rejected
“Giving these youth the right to vote ensures that their voices are heard. The people who were [historically] allowed to vote were white men with property. As we’ve seen over the last 100 to 200 years, each group slowly but surely got their right to vote: white men who didn’t have property, black men, women, people 21 or under and then people 18 or younger.”
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Legislative Log: Rep. Marvin Nelson says he wants to lower voting age to 16
A Representative wants North Dakota to be the first state in the country to lower the voting age to 16.
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Actually, Looks Like the D.C. Council May Not Give 16-Year-Olds the Right to Vote
The DC Council tabled the Youth Vote Amendment Act 7-6 after two of the bill’s co-introducers voted in favor of tabling the bill, effectively killing its chances of being passed before the year end deadline.
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