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Missouri teens want to lower the voting age to 16 in local and school elections
(news.stlpublicradio.org)
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this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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The hottest take is that the voting age should automatically slide to be the youngest age someone has been tried as an adult in the justice system...
Or lowest age to work without parental consent. Otherwise 16 year olds can't vote for who gets to tax them.
That's a damn fine take right there.