A national movement to grant more teens the right to vote scored its first victory this week with the passage of legislation in Takoma Park, to lower the voting age in municipal elections to 16. But momentum continued Wednesday as advocates in Massachusetts spoke at the State House in favor of allowing 17-year-olds to vote.
Activists have made a number of attempts across the country in recent years to grant more teens access to the polls. They point to the change in Takoma Park as a potential springboard for movements elsewhere.
“This is, in legislation terms, the first real big step,” said Jeffrey Nadel, president of the D.C.-based National Youth Rights Association, which lobbied for the legislation in Takoma Park. “We’re excited that this will be the spark that lights the fuse for change across the country.”
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9 comments:
Oh wonderful, more automatic Democrats with no knowledge of the real world. What's the difference between MD and a communist country with a one party system? Answer: Not much.
Oh great that would be major disaster. The school administrations and teachers all around the country are pro Obama and pro Democrat. They are brainwashing kids these days. Why do you think Obama spent a lot of time campaigning on college campuses.
lmao from the state that gave Baltimore some of it's finest mayors to the idiot we now have in the guvnors mansion! figures! more non working fools deciding our future!!
If they can't legally drink until they are 21, why, in heaven's name, would we give them the right to vote when they are just learning how to handle a vehicle.
There are some truly DUMB people in this country!
Not old enough to drink ..but old enough to die for country..and now maybe old enough to vote...hell no..what the hell kind of mental diease is this counrty catching..librarded.... is no way to go thru life son..
Maryland will soon be full of have nots...so this guy chooses to leave now ASAP
Make it 30, when grads find out they can;t get jobs. Then they will vote wisely.
a proposed constitutional amendment..
One voter..one vote after passing a basic history exam like that required of all Naturalized Citizens.
To me I think it a great idea to give 17 years olds the right to vote when they could not follow drinking and tobacco/drug laws.
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