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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 年前

Missouri teens want to lower the voting age to 16 in local and school elections

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Missouri teens want to lower the voting age to 16 in local and school elections

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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 年前
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Organizers of Vote16MO said that will allow teens to be more involved in decisions that affect their lives.
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    I feel like there would be quite the pushback from a certain group of individuals.

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      @JCreazy Likely the same individuals that would prefer there be fewer voters in general.

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      I mean, if the young adults that can currently vote actually did, that might make a difference too

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        That is true, so many of my peers don’t vote.

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      Their trying to INDOCTORATE our kids to the left at an even earlier age!!1!1!!

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      The same group of people who find child labour and forcing a child to go through pregnancy completely acceptable?

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