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Missouri teens want to lower the voting age to 16 in local and school elections (news.stlpublicradio.org)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/politics@beehaw.org
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[–] [S] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

i think it makes sense for voting age to be 16 at least in some cases; internationally it's not that weird of a policy. actually i think a big problem would just be the logistics of carrying it out: since the US doesn't inherently have distinct election dates for municipal, local, state, and federal elections, it's possible for all of them to be on the same ballot (meaning you could be eligible to vote in some races but not others and you'd be potentially committing a crime if you did).

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    So there's two ballots instead of one. They already give you the ballot for the specific district you're in when you go to vote now. Problem solved.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    that's a solution--but i'm guessing that'd singlehandedly double the additional overhead and complexity for printing and sending out ballots, on top of what those already have to account for.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    My town has six districts for the village board but we only have one polling place for the whole town (it's a small town) additionally you can vote early at the county office.

    They simply print your ballot when you give them your name at the polling place. You fill in the bubbles and then put it into the ballot machine. It counts it electronically, but it drops down into a locked cabinet.

    I'm assuming it's the same procedure for everyone in my county for all the different voting/government body districts people are in.

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