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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think they are looking to follow Takoma Park. I’m not sure it makes a lot of sense. [/quote] Is the voting age in Takoma Park also 16? And are people allowed to vote even if they are undocumented?[/quote] They’ve been doing it a long time in Takoma Park. It’s only for local elections, not state or Federal. They’ve been allowing minors to vote for about a decade and non-citizens since the 90s. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/takoma-park-grants-16-year-olds-right-to-vote/2013/05/14/b27c52c4-bccd-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html https://www.npr.org/local/305/2022/11/09/1135568975/it-feels-very-welcoming-non-citizen-immigrants-on-voting-in-takoma-park Notably none of this has changed the racial composition of elected officials and relatedly the control over politics of the city so they would say that it has been a success. Performative with no material impact, particularly on the core affluent liberal constituency. [/quote]
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