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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

Missouri teens want to lower the voting age to 16 in local and school elections

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Missouri teens want to lower the voting age to 16 in local and school elections

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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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Organizers of Vote16MO said that will allow teens to be more involved in decisions that affect their lives.
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    The hottest take is that the voting age should automatically slide to be the youngest age someone has been tried as an adult in the justice system…

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      Or lowest age to work without parental consent. Otherwise 16 year olds can’t vote for who gets to tax them.

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      That’s a damn fine take right there.

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