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Tag: D.C. voting age

Members of the #Vote16DC coalition speak about their efforts to expand voting rights to 16- and 17-year-old District residents during a Jan. 10 town hall at THEARC on Mississippi Avenue SE. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Youths Renew Efforts to Lower Voting Age

by Sam P.K. Collins January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

A handful of young people recently participated in a public gathering at THEARC on Mississippi Avenue in southeast D.C. focused on teenage voting rights.

Posted inCommunity

D.C. Council Punts Bill to Lower Voting Age to 16

by WI Guest Author November 14, 2018October 31, 2020
A sign announcing the location of a polling station is seen outside a church in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, 2018. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Posted inCommunity

Bill to Lower D.C. Voting Age to 16 Faces Critical Hurdle

by WI Guest Author November 9, 2018October 31, 2020
Charles Allen
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Teenagers Advocate for Voting Rights

by Sam P.K. Collins July 2, 2018October 31, 2020
Flag of the District of Columbia
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: Voter Education — Not Age — Will Make a Difference

by WI Guest Author June 6, 2018October 31, 2020
Aiyi’nah Ford, executive director of the Future Foundation, poses questions to James Butler, Dustin Canter and Ernest Johnson during a mayoral candidates' forum at Ballou Senior High School in southeast D.C. on June 6. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Community Organization Registers Teens to Vote

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer June 6, 2018October 31, 2020

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