A statewide campaign to enfranchise young people & lower the voting age in Massachusetts. This campaign is led by @vote16usa and endorsed by The Boston Globe
🚨HISTORY MADE IN BRENTWOOD, MARYLAND!
Brentwood has become the 16th U.S. city & the 11th in Maryland to extend voting rights to 16- & 17-year-olds!
We are one step closer to a more just and representative democracy!
#Vote16#YouthVoting#Democracy
Our movement is growing rapidly across the country! Shoutout to the youth organizers, and partners on the ground in LA ensuring our democracy is just & representative!
Huge news! Vote16 will be on the November ballot in Culver City, CA! We’re beyond thrilled and deeply grateful to the incredible youth organizers who made this moment possible. Young people are leading, and democracy is stronger because of it. 🗳️
https://t.co/XsvuJMCmMg
Thank you @stephgeller & @RIKidsCount for your incredible support of young people in Rhode Island! We look forward to forward to continuing our work together to extend voting rights to 16 & 17 year olds!
Proud to join Vote16CA youth organizers & leaders from across the state at a powerful convening hosted by state partners!
We built community, shared stories by the campfire, dove into political ed & base-building, and reimagined a civic learning system rooted in power & purpose
Palo Alto youth are rewriting our democracy!
Infocusnews just spotlighted organizers already gathering signatures to lower the voting age to 16.
They’re sparking conversations in California, proving that when youth lead, people listen.
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.
Youth are leading right now! From safer communities to climate solutions to justice, 16- and 17-year-olds are already driving change, they deserve a voice at the ballot box. 🗳️
Let’s build a just, representative & resilient democracy.
THIS is what democracy looks like.
#vote16
This is the moment!
On the @nativelandpod, former VP @KamalaHarris just endorsed lowering the voting age to 16!
From Berkeley to Newark, youth in 15 cities already have the right to vote and they’re proving they are ready to lead TODAY!
Now’s the time to join the movement!
For the first time, 16- and 17-year-olds in College Park, MD casted their ballots in this year’s municipal elections proving that youth are ready to lead today!
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!
Let’s keep building on this momentum across the country!
#Vote16#YouthVote
We’re thrilled to launch the new Vote16USA website, a bold digital hub built for the movement to lower the voting age to 16 nationwide!
✅ Explore. Connect. Take action.
✅ https://t.co/awjT4kGzfu
#Vote16#YouthPower#TheFutureIsNow#CivicEngagement
What a weekend! At the #Vote16 Maryland Convening, youth made it clear: they’re not waiting for tomorrow, they’re ready to lead TODAY! 🗳️🔥
Maryland is already a leader in youth enfranchisement, and this movement is only growing stronger.
#Democracy#vote16
We were glad to host our first-ever Youth Symposium!
✅Keynote from @Vote16USA ED, @ItsLaJuan
✅Youth-led panels
✅Research from @CivicYouth
MA leads the nation w/ 15 cities lowering the voting age, now it’s time to pass the #EMPOWERAct so these victories can be implemented!
History was made this last weekend.
We just hosted our largest-ever National Convening, uniting youth leaders, partners & community champions from 10+ states to supercharge the fight for voting rights at 16.
The movement is growing. The momentum is real!
🗳 BIG NEWS!
Berwyn Heights, MD just became the 15th city in the nation & 10th in Maryland to extend voting rights to 16- & 17-year-olds, via a unanimous city council vote!
Youth are ready, passionate & shaping the future. Maryland is leading. Momentum is growing. 🚀
Still inspired after the largest-ever @Vote16USA National Convening!
Grateful to work alongside youth organizers & partners nationwide fighting to extend voting rights to 16 & 17-year-olds.
The movement is growing. The momentum is real!
#Vote16