age they have to do it. in today s america, people are banning books, telling them what they can learn, what they can, what kind of history they can learn. they have school shootings. there are all sorts of things at stake with our young people. i disagree, our young people are prepared, they re ready, all we have to do is empower them, get them the tools they need. i believe newark has done it. it means a lot to us. well, lamonica mciver, i thank you for being here, and i want to say congratulations to you and your city council making such a smart move to lower the voting age. thank you so much. thank you so much, kate, thank you. we ll be right back. we ll be right back i m feeling this moment. along with clearer skin skyrizi helps me move with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue. and is just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you hav
after the city council unanimously passed an ordinance that would allow them to vote started in april. it s the first statewide initiative of its kind, and as the new york times reports, it makes no work at the largest community to expand voting rights to younger residents since the 26th amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971. immediately, this is the work move will give students of newark more say over what happens in their schools and in their lives. joining us now are two of those students, 16 year old nate esubonteng and breanna campbell, who helped push the newark city council to lower the voting age. there are joined by ryan haygood, president of the new jersey institute for social justice, one of the main organizations that backed this effort. first and foremost, my congratulations to all of you, but i definitely want to speak to you, nate and to you, breanna. talk about first, why it was so important to make sure that you
lowered the voting age to 16 for school board elections was inmates testimony. nate testified that there are, in the city of newark in the law school board election, turn out, katie, was 3%. one to 3%. nate said, because turnout is so low, young people can t rely on other people to make decisions for them, that they are to be empowered to make decisions themselves, that s really what this move is about. there s lowering the age in newark to 16 empowers two breanna s-point, 7000 young people, 16 17-year-olds to vote in the elections that matter most of them. 90% of the black people of the young people are black and brown. we re excited about with the expansion for voting rights means for empowering young people to have access to the fundamental right that is postoperative, as the supreme court says, is fundamental to all other. rights discussion will go to breanna. breanna, i heard you talk about the issues that are important
happens in school. it gives us the empowerment that we have a say. ryan, i wanted to ask you, you have created what looks like to be a successful template to be able to do this at other states. i know that other states and other jurisdictions are asking you for help. talk about whether or not this can be replicated with success and other places? yeah, katie, first of all, thank you for having us on the show. we talked a lot about this. to your first point about this being the next frontier for the expansion of voting rights, that is, lowering the voting age to 16-year-olds and elections that matter most of them. so new jersey s constitution gives cities the express authority to lower the voting age, as newark as taking the lead in doing, but there are other states across the country that summer constitution s. i think at the top of my mind, our nation s capital, washington d.c. is similar to new jersey s constitution. i just want to say really quickly, one of the powerful things th
jersey won the right to vote in local school board elections, after the city council unanimously passed a coordinates that would allow them to vote started in april. it s the first statewide initiative of its kind, and as the new york times reports, it makes no work at the largest community to expand voting rights to younger assad and since the 26th amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971. immediately, this is the work move will give students of newark more say over what happens in their schools and in their lives. joining us now are two of those students, 16 year old nate esubonteng and breanna campbell, who helped push the newark city council to lower the voting age. there are joined by ryan haygood, president of the new jersey institute for social justice, one of the main organizations that back to this effort. first and foremost, my congratulations to all of you, but i definitely want to speak to you, nate and to you, breanna. talk about in a first, why it