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MassForward: Advancing Democratic Innovation and Electoral Reform in Massachusetts
This report from MassINC suggests various structural reforms local and state governments can make to be more democratic and representative. Two key changes are making improvements to civics education and lowering the voting age.
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We Need to Lower the Voting Age
While young people represent the least reliable voting demographic by age in the United States, 18 to 24-year-olds have a significant stake in both local and national elections. Youth voters will experience the long-term effects of policy, so increasing youth voter turnout should be a top priority for our government.
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Let’s Lower the Voting Age in City Elections
One idea to increase voter participation is gaining traction: Let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in city elections. The idea is more limited than proposals Congress debated earlier this year to lower the national voting age for federal elections.
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Too Young to Vote? NJ Teens Say they Should Have a Say at 16
Almost a half-century after the U.S. lowered the voting age to 18 amid the war in Vietnam, young activists are pushing for the franchise to be expanded yet again — this time as low as 16 years old.
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Why Lowering the Voting Age Would Make for a Better Democracy
Young people are doing the work to address political issues that directly affect their health, their safety, and their future. They can speak to international bodies, they can lobby politicians, they can march, they can organize.
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Out With the Old, In With the Young
Our democracy today is dominated by the old. They have the money and the power. And young people are getting a bad deal.
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Vote16CulverCity Builds Support to Lower the Voting Age in City Elections
Vote16 activists in Culver City, California are increasing support among local residents to extend voting rights to 16 year olds.
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Political Movement Could See Voting Age Lowered to 16
Teens can’t exercise a basic civic duty, voting for candidates and policies of their choice, until they’re 18. For many teenagers, frustrated by government inaction over issues such as climate change and gun control, this is unacceptable.
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Bernie Sanders Is Open to Lowering the Voting Age to 16 Years Old
Senator Bernie Sanders explained how he feels about lowering the voting age in the U.S. to 16 years old.
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A Local Crusade To Lower The Voting Age
Brody is one of the many student activists in Massachusetts who spends his free time advocating for students’ rights. Today, one of the issues he is committed to is lowering the voting age in Massachusetts to 16 for municipal elections.
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