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Measure VY, also called Vote 16, was an unsuccessful 2022 ballot initiative in Culver City, California, that sought to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in local elections. The election was the latest in a string of local ballot measures, often supported by a movement called "Vote 16", although the lowered voting age remains rare in the United ...
San Francisco may soon become the first major American city to lower its voting age to 16. Should the rest of the country follow suit?
Joe Biden won the district with 75.4% of the vote in the 2020 presidential election, making it a safe Democratic district. [2] The incumbent prior to the election was Democrat Anna Eshoo, who was re-elected with 57.8% of the vote in 2022 running against another Democrat. [3] She did not seek re-election in 2024. [4]
Today, any voter may vote absentee. In 2004, State Sen. John Vasconcellos (D-Santa Clara) proposed a youth suffrage constitutional amendment called Training Wheels for Citizenship that would give 14-year-olds a quarter vote, 16-year-olds a half vote, and 17-year-olds a full vote. [14] [15]
California is the latest target in a movement to grant 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in municipal elections. The option is on the ballot in this city.
After a dozen years representing the 19th Assembly District, which includes the city’s west side and is more than 40% Asian American, Democrat Phil Ting will be termed out in November.
The 2024 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections were held on November 5, 2024. Six of the eleven seats on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors were up for election. The election was conducted with ranked-choice voting.
In this election, 16% of 16 to 24-year-olds voted AfD — up 11 percentage points from five years ago. (To be sure, the majority of teens didn’t vote for the far right. (To be sure, the majority ...