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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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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.
read moreDC Council suspends action on bill to lower voting age to 16
Lawmakers in DC voted to table the Youth Vote Amendment Act, a bill that would lower the voting age to 16 in the district for all elections. Council member Allen said the legislation is “not dead, but something has to change for the votes to bring it back.”
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