Effort Underway in Oregon to Lower Voting Age to 16

From the local East Oregonian by Lauren Dake and compiled by Oregon Public Broadcasting:

There is an effort underway in Salem to change Oregon’s legal voting age from 18 to 16 years old. Portland-based Democratic state Sen. Shemia Fagan introduced a measure Monday to make Oregon the first state in the nation to do so.

“It’s time to lower the voting age in Oregon and to give our young people a chance to participate in the ballot, about their decisions that affect their homes, their clean air, their future, their schools and as we’ve seen, their very lives,” Fagan said.

The state senator pointed to the young activists who became engaged after the Parkland shooting in Florida, which left 17 people dead. They proved young people are active and should have a right to vote, Fagan said.

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