This is fascinating stuff to me. Politics in action. Democratic
   process in action. Not the loudmouths on TV but in local
   neighborhoods where a change is desired and local people fight
   for something they believe in. There has been a movement in
   several places in the USA to lower the voting age, at least for
   local elections, to 16. It's [1]?#?16tovote? - and several
   cities in the USA have done so already. This time, it's a
   county. Broward County, Florida USA, right next door to Collier
   County, FL, where I live.
   Elijah Manley has been working hard in Broward County, going
   through the necessary processes to try to make change happen in
   Broward County, to lower the voting age there to 16. Why 16?
   Many people's knee-jerk response is, "They don't know anything
   about politics" along with some generic statements about young
   people that aren't very kind. But consider: They're generally
   still in school. Once out of school, many people are happy to be
   done with ANYTHING institutional for a while, whether school or
   government or anything. But there's a chance to start a lifelong
   voting citizen by starting while still in the education
   system... such as it is. In a lifetime of voting, how many extra
   votes is that? One? Two? Out of a potential 60 voting years with
   maybe 15 major presidential elections and 30
   whatever-they-do-in-the-two-year-votes? That makes one or two
   more votes possible for a citizen. Starting at 16, there's a
   chance that excitement about the democratic process might
   continue. Starting at 18, many people just want to get on with
   their lives and build their careers and friendships and romance
   lives and many adults just don't want to bother voting at all.
   "What's the point? All crooks anyway!" etc. But if someone can
   vote while there's still hope for the future, where the
   skepticism brought about by years and years of political
   scandals have tarnished any interest or desire for change...
   perhaps will PREVENT the skepticism and when these 16/17 yr olds
   are older they might remember their early positive experience in
   the voting process - remember being taken seriously after years
   of being "just a kid" for too long without much of a public
   voice. But even with all of this: Even if you disagree with the
   idea and thinks it's stupid or awful, I think it's great they
   they're trying - willing to go through the process of talking to
   people, learning to convince people, trying to make change they
   believe in. I think it'd be nice to have a less apathetic
   population in the USA. For myself? I vote because I believe in
   the process. Not that it is a perfect process by any means. But
   it's what we've got. If more people want to be involved in the
   process, to have a choice to be heard? I'm all for it. Disagree
   at will but I for one am very impressed. Two cities have
   changed. Perhaps Broward County will be next?
   http://youthrights.org/2016/01/03/broward-county-and-the-voting-age/

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   1. https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/16tovote?source=feed_text&story_id=804399569878