Showing posts with label Ayanna Pressley introduces legislation to lower federal voting age to 16. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ayanna Pressley introduces legislation to lower federal voting age to 16. Show all posts

Friday, March 8, 2019


By Boston, March. 06, 2019

Rep. Ayanna Pressley thinks 16 year olds should have a say in who the country sends to Washington, D.C. — and she’s filing legislation to make it a reality.

The freshman Massachusetts congresswoman introduced a simple amendment Wednesday to H.R. 1 — a sweeping government reform bill the House is considering this week — that would lower the national minimum voting age from 18 to 16. If passed, the change would require states to allow 16 and 17-year-old U.S. citizens  to vote in federal elections (i.e. the House, Senate, and presidency) beginning in 2020.