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Youth Council Wants To Propose Lowering Voting Age in Framingham to 17
The Framingham Source reports on youth-led work to lower the voting age for local elections.
Mount Rainier lowers voting age to 16
Route 1 Reporter breaks the news on Mount Rainier becoming the fifth Maryland city to lower the voting age.
Next City: Six Solutions to Watch for 2021
Vote16 is one of Next City’s “six solutions to watch” in 2021.
State legislatures consider bills to lower voting age to 16 in 2021
Young people and elected officials are working on legislation to lower the voting age in states...
125 Members of Congress Support Amendment to Lower Voting Age to 16
March 3, 2021 Today, 125 members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of an...
Amendment to HR.1 “For the People Act” Seeks to Lower Voting Age to 16
U.S. House of Representatives will vote on proposed amendment to lower voting age to 16 for federal elections.
CA voting age should be lowered to 16, Stanislaus scholarship winner says
A student essay on lowering the voting age won first place in an 2020 American Heritage Scholarship Series essay contest. Read it here.
Youth vote advocates already looking toward the next election
The San Francisco Examiner talks with youth activists following the narrow defeat of Prop G.
Voting at a Younger Age Can Fortify Our Democracy
Vote16 youth leader Arianna argues for lowering the voting age in this op-ed.
I believe that voting should be the centerpiece of civic education.
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