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”
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Give Youth the Vote! #16ToVote
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”
Working together to Make Change!
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!”
COVID-19 & The Youth Vote
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”
Social Media Plan to Support H J Resolution 23
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”
New Hope for #16ToVote
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”
Youth Enfranchisement & #16ToVote in 2021
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”
COVID-19, #16ToVote & the Pfizer Vaccine
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”
#16ToVote: The Need for Improved Collaboration!!
The Golden Gate Bridge in the city of San Francisco. This city has quite a bit of meaning to me personally as well as the #16ToVote Movement. In addition to being Twitter’s HQ where I worked for some time, it’s also the district that Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi represents. Pelosi is by farContinue reading “#16ToVote: The Need for Improved Collaboration!!”
COVID-19 & Poverty
A sign showing the practice of distancing in crowds during the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of the Mercury News). Two staggering milestones were reached this week: since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, more than 8 million have been infected with the virus. Additionally, a total of 8 million have been touched by another aspect ofContinue reading “COVID-19 & Poverty”