Youth Voting

To this day, the sting of defeat continues to burn for the young people who, on several occasions, spoke to the D.C. Council about their sense of powerlessness against the societal ills affecting their generation, only for the city’s…

Youth advocates say they won't stop pushing for the right to vote.

The DC Council voted seven to six to table the bill that would have lowered the voting age in DC to 16. The Vote16 activists vowed to continue to push for the legislation despite the setback.

Alik Schier, a 17-year-old junior at Woodrow Wilson High School, finished classes on Tuesday and ran to the D.C. Council. He snagged a front row seat, and waited to see if the bill he’d been working on for the past year would pass.

D.C. lawmakers punted a bill that would have given 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote. The Youth Vote Amendment Act of 2018 appeared to have wide support on the Council until Ward 2 Coucilmember Jack Evans motioned to postpone a vote on…

The D.C. Council indefinitely delayed action on legislation to lower the voting age to 16, dealing a blow to efforts to make the nation’s capital the first jurisdiction to allow minors to cast ballots in presidential contests.

Since March of this year, 16-year-old Tiffany Missembe has been devoting time each week to what she calls her part-time job: getting D.C. to lower its voting age to 16.

The D.C. Council is expected to give preliminary approval to legislation Tuesday that would lower the voting age to 16, clearing the way for the nation’s capital to become the first jurisdiction in the nation to allow minors to cast ballots…

WASHINGTON — One day before the full D.C. Council considers lowering the city’s voting age from 18 to 16, the main lawmaker behind the effort is expressing strong optimism that his bill will soon be law.

WASHINGTON — A bill that would lower the voting age for District residents from 18 to 16 cleared a committee hurdle Thursday and will advance to the full D.C. Council for a final vote. If it passes, the nation’s capital would become the…

As scores of young people crowded into a hearing room in the Wilson Building on Wednesday, D.C. Council members saw the future of D.C. politics. “There are multiple future council members and a future mayor in this room,” said D.C. Council…