Teens in Toronto won a city council motion to lower the voting age to 16 for neighbourhood polling. An expert shares why it ...

Voters between the ages of 18 and 29 are considered especially important, with key issues such as housing, education and the ...

A dozen U.S. municipalities have already enfranchised 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in school board elections or all municipal ...

“God bless Newark for doing it.” Yenjay Hu, a cofounder of the Vote 16 NJ advocacy group that spearheaded the effort to lower the voting age from Westfield High School, was in town to hear ...

At the same time, many of the same people are arguing for lowering the voting age to 16 — and possibly younger. What’s the rationale? It is often glibly asserted that voting never hurt anyone.

Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, and supporters, including area students, testified in front of the House Government Operations Committee on Monday morning to convince other legislators to lower ...

(Courtesy of Murphy's office) Top New Jersey Democrats promised to push legislation lowering the voting age to 16 for school board elections statewide at a teen activist conference at Rutgers ...

Two teens in Toronto want their city to lower the voting age to 16 for neighbourhood polling. An expert shares arguments for ...

The new minimum age to vote in school board elections would be 16, rather than the current 18, if Atlantic City Council ...

The movement to lower the voting age is gaining traction nationwide. Cities in Maryland and Vermont already allow teenagers ...

"A lot of these arguments that are being made against 16 year olds were made against 18 year olds before the voting age was lowered or against women before they were given the vote," she continued.

Two Jersey City mayoral candidates are working together on legislation that would make the city the first in the state to ...