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I have an op-ed in Politico today that begins:
It is time to try lowering the voting age to 17 nationwide. Takoma Park, Maryland, has done it. Iowa, too, for caucuses. Scotland went down to age 16 for its recent independence referendum. Evidence suggests it will boost informed participation in our democracy over time.
Supportive research is collected on the CIRCLE website. At 11:35 today, I’ll be live on WBAL (in Baltimore or on the web) talking about the idea with Clarence M. Mitchell, IV.
Awesome article. I am a member of the National Youth Rights Association, which has been working for a lower voting age for more than 15 years. NYRA has great resources on the voting age. Go to http://youthrights.org/issues/voting-age/ NYRA was also involved in 2008 in producing the first television commercial in favor of lowering the voting age to 16. That is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GsJHz1whoA