As a recent member of Northampton’s Charter Review Committee, I enthusiastically endorsed the committee’s recommendation, passed by the City Council to allow 16-year-olds to vote in municipal elections. I would like to offer several thoughts on the.
This is in response to Dahlia Breslow and Lila Nields-Duffy’s fine column on Nov. 27, “Vote16 would make Northampton a better place.” The main reason people don’t vote is that they aren’t registered. Lowering the voting age to 16 would get people.
Editor’s note: This is the first of a new monthly column by the Northampton Youth Commission. The first few columns will address some of the concerns raised about Vote16, the proposal to lower the voting age in Northampton to 16. The Northampton.
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