Bold pro-youth proposal seeks to give San Francisco 16-year-olds voting rights for local elections
Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles
Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles
The key to jump-starting voter turnout could be as simple as inviting 16-year-olds to the ballot box. Or at least that’s the theory in San Francisco, as the Northern California city is considering lowering the voting age to 16 for municipal elections. City supervisor John Avalos introduced a charter amendment Tuesday that, if agreed upon by…
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