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  • Should 16-year-olds be able to vote? A majority of the D.C. Council thinks so

    06/28/2018 6:04:49 AM PDT · by EdnaMode · 78 replies
    Washington Compost ^ | June 27, 2018 | Reis Thebault
    As scores of young people crowded into a hearing room in the Wilson Building on Wednesday, D.C. Council members saw the future of D.C. politics. “There are multiple future council members and a future mayor in this room,” said D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6). But before they run for office, Allen wants to make them voters. A bill he introduced in April would do just that, lowering the voting age to 16. If passed, the bill would enfranchise up to 10,600 16- and 17-year-olds, according to Census Bureau data. It would also be historic. The nation’s capital would...