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Young people at a protest. One of them is holding a sign that says they are the future. When it comes to voting, it doesn’t seem that way because of the way the voting system is currently set up. (Source) Last month, several Senators made an unprecedented move when it came to voting on whetherContinue reading “The Value of the Vote: A Tale of Two Stories on Voting”

H J Res 23 is the bill that Rep. Grace Meng introduced in February to lower the federal voting age. It is still currently waiting for a vote in the House of Representatives. At this time, organizations spanning coast to coast in the United States that have worked on previous efforts to lower the votingContinue reading “Building a Coalition of Supporters for H J Res 23”

Hi everyone. My name is Jester Jersey and I am a supporter of lowering the voting age. If you just joined, I won’t make long posts like this on the forum, but use this page as an informational base regarding what the forum will be about. I’ll also add links here that are relative toContinue reading “House Joint Resolution 23 Voting age forum”

Patrick Henry giving a speech on March 23rd, 1775 at the Second Virginia Convention. This is the same speech he is most famously known for uttering the phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!” (source) Although yesterday was supposed to be the regular due date for taxes, the IRS has extended the filing seasonContinue reading “Give Youth the Vote! #16ToVote”

There are many movements right now to address issues that affect both young and old people. But those who have a say lean disproportionately to favor older individuals that aren’t as ethnically diverse and who’s concerns don’t always align with needs of a younger, more diverse crowd that will have to live longer with choicesContinue reading “Working together to Make Change!”

As of this writing, two states have opened COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those 16-years old and older: Alaska and Mississippi, on March 9th and March 16th, respectively.(Photo source) It has been a little more than three months now that Pfizer-Biontech’s COVID-19 vaccine became the first widespread vaccine available in the fight against the COVID pandemic.Continue reading “COVID-19 & The Youth Vote”

Twitter’s logo. It will be a helpful tool in supporting the current bill introduced by Rep. Meng in the previous post. This post is a strategic guide for those who haven’t used it or are not familiar with how the platform works. [photo source] This is more or less a continuation of my previous postContinue reading “Social Media Plan to Support H J Resolution 23”

Representative Grace Meng recently at a Homeland Security Appropriations bill hearing. Rep. Meng is one of several supporters of lowering the voting age to 16. [photo source] Last month’s blog post talked about taking advantage of the current favorable political climate in order to make gains towards extending youth suffrage. Today’s blog will talk aboutContinue reading “New Hope for #16ToVote”

Nancy Pelosi once again takes the Speaker of the House Office oath after her recent narrow victory. This might also be her last term as Speaker of the House as well. It’s a new year again, which means another year to keep fighting for youth rights and continued enfranchisement. Even with a new calendar year,Continue reading “Youth Enfranchisement & #16ToVote in 2021”

Today’s the last 16th of 2020 and there’s some good news in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic and possibly, those supporting lowering the voting age to 16. A few days ago, at the end of last week, Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was approved. Not only do we have a medical tool now available to combat theContinue reading “COVID-19, #16ToVote & the Pfizer Vaccine”