November 4, 2021 Did your city vote for mayor this week? Twenty-eight of America’s 100 largest cities voted for mayor on Tuesday, plus scores of smaller cities across the country. Most of these elections were overshadowed by high profile governor’s races in Virginia...
On August 23, Generation Citizen and its Vote16USA initiative, in conjunction with partners across the University of Maryland, announced its participation in the Vote 16 Research Network, a community-led collaboration between the university, community leaders, young...
Applications to join the 2021-2022 Youth Advisory Board are now live! The Vote16USA Youth Advisory Board is a group of young people from around the country who are working to lower the voting age in their cities and states, or want to do so in the future. Board...
Young people and elected officials are working on legislation to lower the voting age in states across the country, and we’re here to help you keep track of the action. Read on for more details on bills that are in the works or have been recently introduced in state...
March 3, 2021 Today, 125 members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of an amendment to the HR.1 “For the People Act” legislation to add a provision to lower the voting age to 16 for federal elections. The amendment was authored...
March 3, 2021 Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Grace Meng (NY-06), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) have re-introduced an amendment to the HR.1 “For the People Act” legislation, to add a provision to the bill to lower the voting age to 16 for federal...
